Pump in Centre of Hill, West of the Shire Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1971. Pump.
Pump in Centre of Hill, West of the Shire Hall
- WRENN ID
- low-steel-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1971
- Type
- Pump
- Address
- Pump in Centre of Hill, West of the Shire Hall, Market Hill, Woodbridge
- OS grid reference
- TM 270 491
- Coordinates
- 52.09409, 1.31341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pump located in the center of Market Hill, west of The Shire Hall, was erected in 1877. It features a central dwarf fluted Doric column with a wheel and piston action. The canopy is designed in a Gothic style, made of limestone and sandstone, and includes pointed arches, four angle buttresses, and a foliate finial. The platform and circular troughs are all contemporary with the pump. This pump is part of a group of listed buildings surrounding The Shire Hall.
Local climate
Pump in Centre of Hill, West of the Shire Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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