Pump and Wellhead in Grounds of Southover Grange is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Wellhead.

Pump and Wellhead in Grounds of Southover Grange

WRENN ID
keen-finial-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 October 1985
Type
Wellhead
Address
Pump and Wellhead in Grounds of Southover Grange, Southover High Street, Lewes
OS grid reference
TQ 413 097
Coordinates
50.87042, 0.00704
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pump and wellhead in the grounds of Southover Grange dates from 1789. It features a cast-iron frame and handle, with an inner lead funnel and a hopperhead that has a spout on the left side. The structure is positioned over a wellhead, which is surrounded by low brick walls set on a moulded plinth, topped with bolection-mould coping. The hopperhead of the pump is decorated with two crude figures on either side and a tree in the center, along with the markings: 1 N 7 W A 8 9.

Local climate

Pump and Wellhead in Grounds of Southover Grange receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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