Pump to South of Town Head Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Pump.

Pump to South of Town Head Farm

WRENN ID
inner-keystone-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
Pump
Address
Pump to South of Town Head Farm, Townhead, Murton
OS grid reference
NY 734 207
Coordinates
54.58097, -2.41167
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pump located to the south of Town Head Farm is possibly from the 18th century. It is made of ashlar and stands approximately 5 feet tall, with a square base and a pyramidal top that is currently missing its ball finial as of 1983. The pump handle is situated on the west side, but it has been replaced by a tap on the left.

Local climate

Pump to South of Town Head Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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