Fountain (Village Pump) is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Fountain.

Fountain (Village Pump)

WRENN ID
lunar-timber-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain (Village Pump), Broad Clyst
OS grid reference
SX 982 972
Coordinates
50.76601, -3.44366
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century drinking fountain, also known as a village pump, located in Broadclyst. It is constructed from volcanic trap ashlar and stands as a freestanding block of masonry approximately 4 metres high, with a square base. Each corner features a keeled shaft, and the side panels are recessed and corbelled above. The entire structure supports a pyramidal stone cap. There are metal water spouts on each panel. Surrounding the fountain is a stone drainage channel, which is enclosed by a later chamfered kerbstone that has a shaped and sunken trough at the front.

Local climate

Fountain (Village Pump) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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