Village Pump is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Pump.
Village Pump
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-rampart-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Pump
- Address
- Village Pump, Merryfield Lane, Ilton
- OS grid reference
- ST 348 171
- Coordinates
- 50.95016, -2.92865
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village pump, located on Merryfield Lane in Ilton, is a 19th-century structure made of cast iron. It features a circular shaft with two ring collars, resting on a circular plate base. The upper cylinder is of greater diameter and has a heavy cast-iron spout on the north side, which includes a bucket hook and a laurel-leaf ornament. The pump has a later flat top and a knob handle on the west side. An identical pump can be found in Stocklinch, which has the plate of Hutchings, Plumber, Ilminster.
Local climate
Village Pump receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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