Pump at Thorley Hall 8 Metres North North East of Kitchen Yard is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Pump.

Pump at Thorley Hall 8 Metres North North East of Kitchen Yard

WRENN ID
scarred-tracery-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1985
Type
Pump
OS grid reference
TL 476 188
Coordinates
51.84882, 0.14289
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pump at Thorley Hall, located 8 metres north-north-east of the kitchen yard, dates from the 18th or 19th century. It is a tall, cast iron structure featuring two rings on the barrel, a long spurred spout, and a wrought iron curved handle. The domed cap is missing. This pump holds social and technological significance.

Local climate

Pump at Thorley Hall 8 Metres North North East of Kitchen Yard sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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