Pump at Tharbies in Middle of 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 Tharbies in Middle of Yard
- WRENN ID
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- 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
- Address
- Pump at Tharbies in Middle of Yard, Rook End Lane, High Wych
- OS grid reference
- TL 469 161
- Coordinates
- 51.82481, 0.13054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pump at Tharbies, located in the middle of the yard, dates from the 19th century and is made of cast iron. It features a ring on the barrel at the spurred spout and a large corbelled expansion to the chamber. There is also a ring on the chamber and a moulded flange for a moulded cap, although the finial is missing. The pump has a long curved wrought iron handle with a counterweighted end. An inscription on the upper part of the chamber reads "F Watson Church Street, Bp. Stortford."
Local climate
Pump at Tharbies in Middle of 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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