Pump House at Bloxworth House, Approximately 50 Metres South South East of the House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. A Early Modern Pump house.

Pump House at Bloxworth House, Approximately 50 Metres South South East of the House

WRENN ID
upper-tracery-sparrow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1984
Type
Pump house
Period
Early Modern
OS grid reference
SY 879 949
Coordinates
50.75372, -2.17176
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pump House at Bloxworth House, located approximately 50 metres south-southeast of the main house, dates from the late 17th century to the early 18th century. It features brick walls and a half-hipped tiled roof with stone eaves courses. This single-storey structure has a front wall that includes three semi-circular arches supported by brick piers, which have projecting imposts. Inside, it contains an old pump that was used to supply water to the house. The building is listed as Grade II* due to its group value.

Local climate

Pump House at Bloxworth House, Approximately 50 Metres South South East of the House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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  5. Bloxworth Lodge, Including the Stables and Coach House Ranges to the East Grade II 545 m
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