Pumping Station at Lock 33 Grand Union Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Pumping station. 2 related planning applications.

Pumping Station at Lock 33 Grand Union Canal

WRENN ID
upper-chimney-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1984
Type
Pumping station
Address
Pumping Station at Lock 33 Grand Union Canal, Ivinghoe, LU7 9DY
OS grid reference
SP 933 182
Coordinates
51.85492, -0.64584
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former pumping station at Lock 33 on the Grand Union Canal, built around 1838 to 1841, is now used as a shed. It is constructed of brown brick and features off-set and boarded eaves, along with a hipped slate roof. The canal-facing side has a door and two upper 20th-century barred wooden casements, all with cambered heads. This building is included in the listing for its group value context.

Local climate

Pumping Station at Lock 33 Grand Union Canal sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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