Flue to Crofton Pumping Station is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1986. Industrial monument.
Flue to Crofton Pumping Station
- WRENN ID
- waning-hall-weasel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1986
- Type
- Industrial monument
- Address
- Flue to Crofton Pumping Station, Great Bedwyn
- OS grid reference
- SU 261 622
- Coordinates
- 51.35897, -1.62597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The flue to Crofton Pumping Station is a significant industrial structure built after 1851. It is made of brick and features iron banding, flaring towards the base. The flue has been reduced in height by approximately 6 meters. It was constructed by the Great Western Railway Company following their acquisition of the canal in 1851. This flue is part of an important group of industrial and utilitarian monuments that hold special interest.
Local climate
Flue to Crofton Pumping Station receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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