Village Pump Opposite Number 5 is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Pump.
Village Pump Opposite Number 5
- WRENN ID
- pitched-pilaster-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1985
- Type
- Pump
- Address
- Village Pump Opposite Number 5, Church End, Old Warden
- OS grid reference
- TL 138 443
- Coordinates
- 52.0859, -0.33998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village pump opposite number 5 in Old Warden is a late 19th-century structure designed in a rustic style. The pump is encased in rustic twigwork and features a circular shelter topped with a thatched conical roof and a wooden finial. The rear of the shelter is made up of upright poles lined with twigwork, while the front has three archways constructed from larger poles and twigs.
Local climate
Village Pump Opposite Number 5 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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