Water Pump 10 Metres West of the Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. Water pump.
Water Pump 10 Metres West of the Old School
- WRENN ID
- half-lime-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1988
- Type
- Water pump
- OS grid reference
- SK 861 177
- Coordinates
- 52.75011, -0.72441
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This water pump, located 10 meters west of the Old School, was built in 1856. It is made of cast and wrought iron and features an obelisk shape with coved moulded panels on each side and a square base. To the west, there is a spout designed in the form of a dragon. Above the spout, there is a panel displaying a shield, and above that, another panel with a crest shaped like a bird, which is inscribed with 'WAP 1856'. On the south side, the pump has a curved handle with a loop end.
Local climate
Water Pump 10 Metres West of the Old School 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% 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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