Pump in Courtyard of Horwoods Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. Pump.

Pump in Courtyard of Horwoods Almshouses

WRENN ID
crooked-entrance-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Type
Pump
Address
Pump in Courtyard of Horwoods Almshouses, Church Lane, Barnstaple
OS grid reference
SS 558 331
Coordinates
51.07964, -4.059
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pump in the courtyard of Horwood's Almshouses is likely from the 19th century and is made of cast iron. It features a cylindrical body with a tapering cylindrical spout. This pump is included for its group value with the surrounding buildings.

Local climate

Pump in Courtyard of Horwoods Almshouses sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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