Section of Wall Containing Recess for Stand Pipe is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Wall section.
Section of Wall Containing Recess for Stand Pipe
- WRENN ID
- nether-lead-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Wall section
- Address
- Section of Wall Containing Recess for Stand Pipe, Newton Square, Bampton, EX16 9NE
- OS grid reference
- SS 956 222
- Coordinates
- 50.99044, -3.48757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This section of wall, built in 1871, features a recess for a stand pipe. It was erected as a "Mark of respect and gratitude" for M.J.C. Phillips, who provided Bampton with an improved water supply. The wall is constructed from local stone and includes a round-headed recess adorned with rusticated blocks of masonry and a sandstone inscription panel. M.J.C. Phillips resided at Leburn House.
Local climate
Section of Wall Containing Recess for Stand Pipe receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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