St Peters Pump

St Peter's Pump is a Grade I listed water pump and grotto located in Six Wells Bottom, Stourton with Gasper, dating from the late 15th century. Originally situated near St Peter's Church at the west corner of Peter Street in Bristol, it was erected over the source of the River Stour by Henry Hoare in 1768. The grotto is constructed from 18th century rubble stone limestone and features a rocky segmental arched niche with an exaggerated keystone on the north side. The south side has an additional recessed arch and a curved back, which previously housed the spring.

On top of the grotto is the pump, supported by six square posts with moulded cappings, which frame six ogee-arched openings, each adorned with cherubs. Above each opening are six niches with semi-circular heads, each containing a seated figure. The structure includes a hexagonal moulded pillar with a narrower shaft leading to the top, and the date 1768 is incised on the east side of the pillar.

The pump was dismantled in Bristol under the 1766 Act of Parliament and relocated to Stourhead by Henry Hoare, who also erected the Bristol Cross at Stourhead in 1765. It is set in a picturesque pastoral landscape in Six Wells Bottom, to the northwest of Stourhead Gardens.