Pump Opposite the School House is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1985. Pump.
Pump Opposite the School House
- WRENN ID
- low-bailey-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1985
- Type
- Pump
- Address
- Pump Opposite the School House, Leapley Lane, Alkmonton
- OS grid reference
- SK 186 385
- Coordinates
- 52.94372, -1.72357
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 19th-century pump located opposite the School House in Alkmonton. It is made of cast iron and features a stone trough. The pump has a banded stem with a fluted top and nozzle, along with a wavy handle on the right side. Below the pump is a plain stone trough designed to catch the water. This structure is included in the listing for its group value only.
Local climate
Pump Opposite the School House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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