Thornes Pump (At Junction of Denby Dale Road and Helmfield Lane) is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1971. Fountain.
Thornes Pump (At Junction of Denby Dale Road and Helmfield Lane)
- WRENN ID
- dusk-roof-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1971
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Thornes Pump (At Junction of Denby Dale Road and Helmfield Lane), Holmfield Lane
- OS grid reference
- SE 328 192
- Coordinates
- 53.66911, -1.50461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thornes Pump, located at the junction of Denby Dale Road and Holmfield Lane, was built in 1827 over an old well. The well became contaminated and was sealed off, leaving only the plinth of the structure. The remaining plinth is octagonal and made of sandstone ashlar, with alternate sides concave above projections that have been hollowed out to form oval troughs. There are four steep steps leading up to the plinth, which shows traces of iron canopy supports. The sunk panels on the sides likely once held plaques.
Local climate
Thornes Pump (At Junction of Denby Dale Road and Helmfield Lane) 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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