Water Pump, Bowden is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 June 2003. Pump.
Water Pump, Bowden
- WRENN ID
- lunar-railing-sorrel
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 June 2003
- Type
- Pump
- OS grid reference
- NT 554 305
- Coordinates
- 55.56651, -2.7085
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The water pump at Bowden, dated 1861, features an octagonal enclosure around the village well. It is constructed of squared and snecked rubble, accented with contrasting red sandstone ashlar dressings. The roof is polygonal, topped with a ball finial and covered with slate, while the surrounding area is cobbled. A relief-carved stone displays the words 'ERECTED 1861' above a metal rod. The structure includes two boarded timber doors, one large and one small, as well as two stone troughs, one semicircular and one rectangular.
Local climate
Water Pump, Bowden receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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