The Patwell Pump House, on North East Corner of Church Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Pumphouse.
The Patwell Pump House, on North East Corner of Church Bridge
- WRENN ID
- brooding-timber-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Pumphouse
- Address
- The Patwell Pump House, on North East Corner of Church Bridge, Patwell Street, Bruton
- OS grid reference
- ST 684 348
- Coordinates
- 51.11215, -2.45232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Patwell Pump House is a pumphouse located on the northeast corner of Church Bridge, likely built in the 18th century and repaired in 1984. It is constructed from Doulting stone ashlar and measures approximately 1.8 metres square in plan. The structure features a chamfered plinth, which is mostly buried, and plain sides topped with a moulded eaves course. It has a stepped pyramidal roof with a ball finial. The east face includes a boarded door set in a triangular headed opening. Inside, there is a wheel valve and pump machinery. On the south side, there is a curved wing wall made of random stonework. This pumphouse is situated on the site of St Patrick's well, one of several wells that were once found in the town.
Local climate
The Patwell Pump House, on North East Corner of Church Bridge receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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