Pumping Station (Thames Water) is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1983. Pumping station.

Pumping Station (Thames Water)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Broxbourne
Constituency
Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1983
Type
Pumping station
Address
Pumping Station (Thames Water), Churchfields
OS grid reference
TL 373 074
Coordinates
51.74919, -0.01154
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Broxbourne Pumping Station, built in 1887, is a notable structure made of yellow stock and red brick, with gault brick and stone dressings, topped by a slate pyramid roof. The main square block features four pilasters on each side, creating identical bays that include round-headed windows on the ground floor and circular windows on the upper level. These windows are framed with raised brick surrounds, stone key blocks, and iron glazing bars. A stone cornice with paired brackets adorns the top of the building. The eastern elevation has a central doorcase that projects and is topped with a stone pediment. There is a single-storey extension on the north side with seven bays and three round-arched openings on the ground floor. A similar extension on the west side has three bays.

Local climate

Pumping Station (Thames Water) 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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