Pump on Pavement South of Royal Exchange is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1950. Pump.

Pump on Pavement South of Royal Exchange

WRENN ID
pitched-ashlar-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 January 1950
Type
Pump
Address
Pump on Pavement South of Royal Exchange, Cornhill Ec3, City and County of the City of London
OS grid reference
TQ 328 811
Coordinates
51.5134, -0.08668
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pump on the pavement south of the Royal Exchange is a cast iron obelisk dating from 1799. It features canted corners, slight decoration, and long inscriptions. There is a granite trough that is likely of a later date.

Local climate

Pump on Pavement South of Royal Exchange sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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