Memorial Pump and Canopy is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Pump and canopy.
Memorial Pump and Canopy
- WRENN ID
- quiet-doorway-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1984
- Type
- Pump and canopy
- Address
- Memorial Pump and Canopy, A689, Alston Moor
- OS grid reference
- NY 781 437
- Coordinates
- 54.78793, -2.3414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial pump and canopy, dated 1877, is located on the north side of the A689 in Nenthead, Alston Moor. It features a cast-iron cylindrical pump that is approximately 2.5 feet high, fluted, and includes a bucket rest and a lion's head spout. The pump is supported by four columns that display Classical, Egyptian, and Gothic detailing, which hold up a ribbed dome topped with a finial. The foundry mark is likely from Geo. Smith, Sun Foundry, Glasgow. Each side of the structure has a semicircular arch with cusping, inscribed with the words: "ERECTED BY R.W. BAINBRIDGE ESQ OF MIDDLETON HOUSE." Above each arch is an oval plaque that reads: "IN COMMEMORATION OF A TESTIMONIAL PRESENTED TO HIM & MRS BAINBRIDGE BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE LONDON LEAD CO. & OTHER FRIENDS SEPT. 28TH 1877." The corners of the canopy feature antifixae with obelisk finials, and there is a small crocodile on top of each cap internally. An identical memorial canopy can be found in Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, which has an ornamental fountain instead of a pump.
Local climate
Memorial Pump and Canopy sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 76 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 54 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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