Village Pump Outside Chefs' Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Village pump.

Village Pump Outside Chefs' Cottage

WRENN ID
endless-crypt-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
Country
England
Type
Village pump
Address
Village Pump Outside Chefs' Cottage, High Street, Croxton
OS grid reference
TL 248 598
Coordinates
52.22262, -0.17322
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The village pump located outside Chefs' Cottage dates from the 19th century. It features a cast iron stand with a spout and lever.

Local climate

Village Pump Outside Chefs' Cottage 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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 0.4°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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