Water Stand Pump, The Square, Fordyce Viilage is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 May 1990. Stand-pump.
Water Stand Pump, The Square, Fordyce Viilage
- WRENN ID
- endless-soffit-wren
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1990
- Type
- Stand-pump
- OS grid reference
- NJ 555 637
- Coordinates
- 57.66188, -2.7463
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The water stand pump located in The Square, Fordyce Village, is a fluted cast-iron structure from the later 19th century, designed by Glenfield and Kennedy. It is positioned on the pavement outside the castle and features a fluted domed cap topped with a finial. The spout is designed in the shape of a lion's mask.
Local climate
Water Stand Pump, The Square, Fordyce Viilage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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