Wind Pump in Grounds of Lake Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1973. Wind pump.
Wind Pump in Grounds of Lake Cottage
- WRENN ID
- waiting-finial-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1973
- Type
- Wind pump
- Address
- Wind Pump in Grounds of Lake Cottage, Elvington
- OS grid reference
- SE 683 469
- Coordinates
- 53.91375, -0.96107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wind pump located in the grounds of Lake Cottage is likely from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of pinkish-orange brick and features ashlar coping. The structure is circular in shape, tapering towards the neck before widening again. It has small openings and stands approximately 5 metres high. At the time of the re-survey, the sails were in the process of being renewed.
Local climate
Wind Pump in Grounds of Lake Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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