The Pump House is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 1967. Water pump house.
The Pump House
- WRENN ID
- cold-quoin-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 1967
- Type
- Water pump house
- Address
- The Pump House, West Green, Heighington
- OS grid reference
- NZ 248 223
- Coordinates
- 54.59549, -1.61724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pump House is a water pump house, likely built in the mid-18th century, with an added finial on a base that is dated 1887. It is constructed from ashlar sandstone and has a small square plan. The front features an iron spout, a boarded door on the left, and a slit for the pump handle on the right. The roof is stepped pyramidal, sitting above an eaves cornice, and is topped with an acorn finial on the dated base.
Local climate
The Pump House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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