Pump house at SF 9702 9729 is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1988. Pump house.
Pump house at SF 9702 9729
- WRENN ID
- outer-wattle-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1988
- Type
- Pump house
- Address
- Pump house at SF 9702 9729, A43, Laxton
- OS grid reference
- SP 970 972
- Coordinates
- 52.56482, -0.57009
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pump house, located at SF 9702 9729, is a Grade II listed structure, likely built in the 19th century for the Fineshade Abbey estate. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and brick and consists of a single unit that is partly below ground. The external wall features ashlar stone with remnants of a parapet. A plank door is set under a shallow arch and is flanked by ashlar walls. Inside, there is a plain brick vault.
The pump house contains an overshot iron water wheel, which still has some wooden paddles remaining. There are also remnants of pumping machinery attached to the structure, along with a shut-off valve located in the wall above the water wheel. A lead pipe rises from the pumping machinery, indicating that it was likely used to pump well water to Fineshade Abbey.
Local climate
Pump house at SF 9702 9729 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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