The Town Pump is a Grade II* listed building in the Chesterfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1976. Water pump. 1 related planning application.
The Town Pump
- WRENN ID
- slow-hammer-dock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Chesterfield
- Constituency
- Chesterfield MP: Mr Toby Perkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1976
- Type
- Water pump
- Address
- The Town Pump, Market Place
- OS grid reference
- SK 382 711
- Coordinates
- 53.23557, -1.4289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Pump is an early to mid-19th century structure, with a plinth that may be older. It features a cast iron pump with a large bowl set on a tall stone plinth. The plinth is octagonal and has four steps on the north side, while the south side is curved to accommodate the bowl. The pump housing is made of cast iron with a square section, panelled faces, and a pyramidal cap topped with a finial. The pump handle and spout are intact. The large painted cast iron bowl rises from the octagonal plinth and ribbed stem to a wide shallow bowl with a moulded base and edging. Notably, John Wesley spoke from "the town pump" in 1777.
Local climate
The Town Pump receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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