Pump House is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1993. Pump house. 1 related planning application.
Pump House
- WRENN ID
- fossil-roof-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1993
- Type
- Pump house
- Address
- Pump House, Standen Street, Benenden, TN17 4HB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 803 316
- Coordinates
- 51.05601, 0.57227
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pump House, built in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, is a square structure featuring a base of stone rubble and a timber-framed superstructure. The superstructure has curved braces and a pyramidal tiled roof, which is topped with an elaborate metal finial adorned with a floral design. In the center of the building is an octagonal wooden pump set on a stone base, which includes a ball finial and a bronze spout, although the pump handle is missing. The base of the pump is inscribed with "1837 VICTORIA 1897".
Local climate
Pump House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% 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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- 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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