Pump Against South Wall of Douglas Almshouses, (North Row) is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1971. A C19 Pump.

Pump Against South Wall of Douglas Almshouses, (North Row)

WRENN ID
old-window-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 May 1971
Type
Pump
Address
Pump Against South Wall of Douglas Almshouses, (North Row), Faversham Road, Lenham
OS grid reference
TQ 898 522
Coordinates
51.23784, 0.71822
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pump against the south wall of the Douglas Almshouses, located on North Row, is a 19th-century structure made of painted iron. It stands approximately 3 feet 6 inches high and features a fluted top with a knob. The front has a decorated spout, and there is a long curved side handle on the right with a bulbous end.

Local climate

Pump Against South Wall of Douglas Almshouses, (North Row) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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