Trow Pump and Pump House at Ngr Sy 15589n is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. Pump house. 1 related planning application.
Trow Pump and Pump House at Ngr Sy 15589n
- WRENN ID
- buried-casement-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1984
- Type
- Pump house
- Address
- Trow Pump and Pump House at Ngr Sy 15589n, Sidmouth, EX10 0PA
- OS grid reference
- SY 153 893
- Coordinates
- 50.69782, -3.19933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Trow Pump and Pump House, dated 1663, is located at the corner of the Seaton to Salcombe Road and a field track. This small square building is constructed of flint with brick dressings and features a double Roman tile roof with decorative bargeboards at the gables. The front has a plain opening with a segmental pointed arch and is secured by a spear-head iron gate that is approximately 1.75 meters high and 900 millimeters wide.
Inside, there is a stone floor and a notable reciprocating pump made of cast iron with brass cogs. The pump is designed as a short column with a base and a palmette cap, accompanied by a winding wheel on the right. An inset tablet displays the original date, commemorating John R A Morshead, who served as Vicar of Salcombe Regis for twenty-seven years until 1884. There is also a second tablet indicating that the pump was renovated by the Sid Vale Association between 1968 and 1983, with the dates displayed on a temporary panel. The pump was in use until 1915. The Sid Vale Association, established in 1846, is recognized as the oldest amenity group in Britain.
Local climate
Trow Pump and Pump House at Ngr Sy 15589n receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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