Pump in Preacher's Court, The Charterhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Pump. 1 related planning application.

Pump in Preacher's Court, The Charterhouse

WRENN ID
secret-kitchen-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Pump
Address
Pump in Preacher's Court, The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6AN
OS grid reference
TQ 318 820
Coordinates
51.52171, -0.10059
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pump located in Preacher's Court at The Charterhouse is a mid-19th century cast iron structure. It has an octagonal shape, featuring a base and a column. The column is decorated with linenfold patterns on its upper part, and it includes an enriched frieze, cornice, and an ogee head topped with a poppyhead finial. The rectangular base has chamfered corners.

Local climate

Pump in Preacher's Court, The Charterhouse 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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