Village Pump is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Pump. 1 related planning application.
Village Pump
- WRENN ID
- inner-landing-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Pump
- Address
- Village Pump, Leybourne
- OS grid reference
- TQ 686 583
- Coordinates
- 51.29971, 0.41766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Pump is an ornamental water pump dated 1859, located in Leybourne. It is an octagonal-shaped structure made of stone, standing 8 feet high, featuring moulded coping, a cast iron spout positioned low down, and a handle on the right side. The pump is surrounded by 20th-century iron rails arranged in an octagon. It is flanked by a pair of low random rubblestone quadrant walls and low outer piers with squared bases topped by pyramidal caps. The pump has an inscription that reads: 'DRINK WEARY PILGRIM/DRINK AND PRAY/FOR LIVING WATERS/THEY ONLY THEY/CAN SATISFY EARTH'S/SONS AND DAUGHTERS. 1859.'
Local climate
Village Pump receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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