Grimesthorpe Pump is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1995. Water pump.

Grimesthorpe Pump

WRENN ID
brooding-ashlar-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sheffield
Constituency
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough MP: Gill Furniss (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1995
Type
Water pump
Address
Grimesthorpe Pump, Upwell Lane
OS grid reference
SK 374 901
Coordinates
53.40693, -1.43841
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Grimesthorpe pump is a water pump dated 1836, located on Upwell Lane in Sheffield. It is made of cast iron and designed in the style of a fluted Doric column, standing approximately 1.5 meters high. The pump features a square base and cap, with a spout on one side and a dated panel positioned above it. The handle of the pump is missing. This pump is situated on the site of the Cold Well.

Local climate

Grimesthorpe Pump receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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