Crimean War Memorial Pump Situated Approximately 20 Metres to West of North East Entrance to Park is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. Memorial.
Crimean War Memorial Pump Situated Approximately 20 Metres to West of North East Entrance to Park
- WRENN ID
- night-baluster-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme MP: Lee Pitcher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- SE 688 130
- Coordinates
- 53.60921, -0.96139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crimean War memorial pump, dating from 1856, is located approximately 20 metres to the west of the north-east entrance to Thorne Memorial Park. Made of cast iron, it features a moulded, circular trough positioned at the base of a Doric column. A plaque is affixed at the base of the column, which includes the inscription 'SUBSCRIPTION / PUMP / In Commemoration of the / PEACE. 1856 / DRINK AND BE THANKFUL'. The column is adorned with 12-sided bands beneath both the base and the capital. On the right side, there is a cranked handle, while spouts are located above the trough and on the left near the top. This pump is a rare memorial commemorating the Crimean War.
Local climate
Crimean War Memorial Pump Situated Approximately 20 Metres to West of North East Entrance to Park 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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