Public Pump on Riverbank Opposite Chapel Lane is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Public pump.
Public Pump on Riverbank Opposite Chapel Lane
- WRENN ID
- hushed-loggia-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- Public pump
- Address
- Public Pump on Riverbank Opposite Chapel Lane, the Ford, Little Hadham
- OS grid reference
- TL 436 218
- Coordinates
- 51.87634, 0.08477
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The public pump, located on the riverbank opposite Chapel Lane in Little Hadham, was built in 1880. It stands 2 metres high and is made of decorated cast iron, painted white. On the north side of the chamber, raised lettering reads "ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION APRIL 1880". The pump features a wide cylindrical barrel with two raised rings and a large spurred spout at the upper ring. There is a moulded corbelled expansion to the chamber with a straight moulded spout. The top flange is also moulded and carries a tall foliate cap topped with a pineapple finial. A dog-leg wrought iron handle, pivoted on the south face of the chamber, tapers to a large pear-shaped counterweight knob. The surrounding area is paved with blue stable chequer-paviours and includes white posts with chains between them. This pump is a notable example of a subscription pump, recognized for its artistic, social, and technological significance, and is part of a group located in the middle of the Conservation Area.
Local climate
Public Pump on Riverbank Opposite Chapel Lane sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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