Hand Pump About 5 Metres West of Quested's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1988. Hand pump.
Hand Pump About 5 Metres West of Quested's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- outer-groin-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1988
- Type
- Hand pump
- OS grid reference
- TR 052 369
- Coordinates
- 51.09469, 0.92943
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an iron hand pump located about 5 metres west of Quested's Cottage, dating from the mid-19th century. It features a cast iron pump and handle mounted on a rebuilt red brick base. The pump has a simple column without a cap and a multiple-curved handle, along with a fluted and knopped spout. The brick base is approximately 2 feet high. This hand pump is included for its group value.
Local climate
Hand Pump About 5 Metres West of Quested's Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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