Pump 20 metres south of the Post Office Stores is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. Pump.
Pump 20 metres south of the Post Office Stores
- WRENN ID
- plain-stair-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1984
- Type
- Pump
- OS grid reference
- TL 656 214
- Coordinates
- 51.86685, 0.40415
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century cast iron village pump located 20 metres south of the Post Office Stores in Little Dunmow. The pump is tall and ornate, featuring two decorated spouts and an ornamented base that has a plate reading "Warners, Cripplegate, London." The handle is marked with the number 40 on a stop. The octagonal head of the pump is adorned with bead and egg and dart moulding, topped with a ball finial that is clasped by acorn twigs.
Local climate
Pump 20 metres south of the Post Office Stores 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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