Pump House West South West of Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1999. Pump house.

Pump House West South West of Bridge

WRENN ID
wild-pilaster-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1999
Type
Pump house
Address
Pump House West South West of Bridge, Pentewan Valley
OS grid reference
SX 016 472
Coordinates
50.29161, -4.78557
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pump house, located west-southwest of the bridge over the St Austell River, was built in the early 19th century and was formerly used in connection with the tin-streaming works. Constructed from Killas rubble, it features timber lintels above the doorways, except for a segmental brick arch over the south opening. The building has a corrugated asbestos roof and a rectangular plan, with central openings at both ends aligned with the leat and wheel pit of the former undershot wheel, as well as opposing doorways on the side walls at the south end. The south opening has been partly blocked at some point. The interior does not contain any surviving machinery. This pump house is noted as a rare surviving example of its type and holds group value as part of this early 19th-century port.

Local climate

Pump House West South West of Bridge receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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