Description

AYLESHAM RATLING
TR 25 SW
2/6 Donkey wheel about
15 metres north of
Ratling Court
GV II
Donkey wheel and housing. C18. Timber with thatched roof. The wheel with a
vertical shaft and drum with the upper and lower harness beams staggered and
joined by a timber harness. The central truss of the machinery also supports
the circular thatched housing with wall posts probably originally with
weather boarded sides. A timber framed and thatched open sided pentice runs
from the wheel house to the north wing of Ratling Court consisting of 3 bays
with brick and cobbled floor, clasped purlin roof and with various hooks and
wooden wall frames for certain bucolic practices.

Listing NGR: TR2399053708

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26324044

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