Village Pump and Attached Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. Water pump.
Village Pump and Attached Trough
- WRENN ID
- ghost-pillar-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- Water pump
- Address
- Village Pump and Attached Trough, Dimble Lane, Alton
- OS grid reference
- SK 072 419
- Coordinates
- 52.97529, -1.89384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village pump and attached trough, located on Dimble Lane in Alton, is a water pump and trough from the late 19th century. It features a cast iron pump with a cylindrical shaft that has an enlarged head, along with a curved spout and handle. The trough is made of stone.
Local climate
Village Pump and Attached Trough receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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