Remains of Sprotbrough Pump Situated to North of Sprotbrough Lock* is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1986. A C18 Water pump.
Remains of Sprotbrough Pump Situated to North of Sprotbrough Lock*
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-eave-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster North MP: Ed Miliband (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1986
- Type
- Water pump
- Address
- Remains of Sprotbrough Pump Situated to North of Sprotbrough Lock*, Sprotbrough and Cusworth
- OS grid reference
- SE 540 017
- Coordinates
- 53.5098, -1.1864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of a water pump, dating from around 1700 with later alterations, are located to the north of Sprotbrough Lock. This original installation was created by George Sorocold for Sir Godfrey Copley. The structure features ashlar and rubble limestone walling but lacks a roof. The perimeter walls form a square sunken chamber that includes an ashlar-lined wheel pit, which retains the wheel shaft but has no associated timberwork. To the west, there is a water inlet with angled wing walls and a segmental arch. An elongated enclosure at a higher level to the north contains a shaft with a crank and flywheel at the west end, which are the remains of the pump mechanism. The pump was built to lift water approximately 150 feet up to Sprotbrough village to power a fountain in the grounds of Sprotbrough Hall, inspired by the fountain at Chatsworth. At the time of the last survey, the pump was derelict.
Local climate
Remains of Sprotbrough Pump Situated to North of Sprotbrough Lock* receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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