Water Pump and Shelter Opposite Outgate Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Pump and shelter.
Water Pump and Shelter Opposite Outgate Inn
- WRENN ID
- scattered-flue-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Pump and shelter
- Address
- Water Pump and Shelter Opposite Outgate Inn, B 5286, Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 355 998
- Coordinates
- 54.38971, -2.99459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water pump and shelter opposite the Outgate Inn is likely from the 19th century. It is made of dressed slate and features an open-fronted shelter with a single-pitched roof that slopes to the rear. The iron pump is housed in a wooden casing. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Water Pump and Shelter Opposite Outgate Inn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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