Town Pump is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1971. Water pump.
Town Pump
- WRENN ID
- sunken-brick-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1971
- Type
- Water pump
- Address
- Town Pump, Market Place, Southwold
- OS grid reference
- TM 508 761
- Coordinates
- 52.32602, 1.67941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Pump in Southwold is a water pump built in 1873 by George Child for Major J.E. Grubbe, who was the mayor at the time. It is made of cast iron and has a triangular section. The plinth features an embossed crest on the west side with the inscription "Defend thy Rights," while the east side displays "Erected 1873 / J.E. Grubbe, Mayor," and the south side reads "Pro Bono / Publico / G.E. Child / Fecit." The spout is designed in the shape of a herring. The upper shaft tapers and includes a cast-iron handle. At the apex, three herrings support a wrought-iron bracket that holds a globe lantern.
Local climate
Town Pump receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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