Crimean War Memorial Pump is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. A 19th Century Memorial pump. 2 related planning applications.
Crimean War Memorial Pump
- WRENN ID
- errant-pillar-cobweb
- 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 pump
- Period
- 19th Century
- Address
- Crimean War Memorial Pump, Market Place, Thorne
- OS grid reference
- SE 688 132
- Coordinates
- 53.61089, -0.96112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crimean War Memorial Pump, built in 1856, is made of cast iron and is located in the Market Place of Thorne. It features a moulded, circular trough at the base of a Doric column, which has spouts above the trough and to the left near the top. The original plaque and cranked handle with linkages have been removed. The column is decorated with 12-sided bands beneath the base and capital and is set on a roughly triangular modern structure made of stone and concrete, approximately two feet high, which is not of special interest.
This pump was erected as a memorial to those who fell in the Crimean War. Originally located at The Green, it was listed on 24 November 1966 and later moved about 10 meters east of the north west entrance to the Memorial Park in Thorne. The listing was updated on 29 September 1987 to reflect this relocation. The original design and plaque details can be seen on a matching pump that remains in the Memorial Park, which is also listed at Grade II. Permission to relocate the pump to the Market Place was granted on 21 March 2005.
The Crimean War Memorial Pump is designated at Grade II because it serves as a poignant reminder of the impact of international events on a local community, is an early example of an outdoor war memorial, and its rarity in a national context offsets the loss of some original features.
Local climate
Crimean War Memorial Pump 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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