Water Pump, 3 Metres in Front of Number 2 is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Water pump.
Water Pump, 3 Metres in Front of Number 2
- WRENN ID
- blind-spindle-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Water pump
- OS grid reference
- NY 994 222
- Coordinates
- 54.59582, -2.00998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This water pump, located 3 metres in front of Number 2, dates from around 1830. It is made of stone and features an iron handle and spout, with an octagonal plan. The pump has a low cyma-moulded base and a 2.0-metre high shaft that has roll-moulded edges and sunken panels. At the top, it is surmounted by a ribbed ogival cap with a broken finial. The handle is S-curved, and the spout is designed in the form of a scaly dragon with an open mouth.
Local climate
Water Pump, 3 Metres in Front of Number 2 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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