Pyramid Water Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1977. Water trough. 1 related planning application.
Pyramid Water Trough
- WRENN ID
- noble-gravel-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1977
- Type
- Water trough
- Address
- Pyramid Water Trough, Fore Street, Winkleigh
- OS grid reference
- SS 631 081
- Coordinates
- 50.85627, -3.9451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The listed building is a pyramid water trough and pump, dated 1832. It is constructed of granite, with the date "1832" inscribed on the front, alongside the name of William IV. The structure comprises a small granite pyramid, a granite trough situated in front, and the remains of a pump positioned at the rear.
Local climate
Pyramid Water Trough sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- 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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