Wall and Gate Piers at Pump House and Pump Masters House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1984. Wall and gate piers. 1 related planning application.
Wall and Gate Piers at Pump House and Pump Masters House
- WRENN ID
- wild-vestry-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1984
- Type
- Wall and gate piers
- Address
- Wall and Gate Piers at Pump House and Pump Masters House, London Road, Biggleswade
- OS grid reference
- TL 210 416
- Coordinates
- 52.05994, -0.23551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gate piers at the Pump House and Pump Master's House in Biggleswade date from around 1906. The wall is made of snecked sandstone and stretches approximately 25 meters, featuring chamfered stone copings. There are six square piers facing the Great North Road, each topped with stone cyma recta caps. The wall is about one-third the height of the piers. At the north end, there is a circular entrance pier attached to the wall, along with a separate pier, both topped with stone conical tops and balls. The railings that once adorned the structure have been removed. This wall serves as the entrance to the Pump House and Pump Master's House, which are listed separately.
Local climate
Wall and Gate Piers at Pump House and Pump Masters House 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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