The Village Pump is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 October 1966. Water pump.
The Village Pump
- WRENN ID
- peeling-barrel-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1966
- Type
- Water pump
- Address
- The Village Pump, Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 873 303
- Coordinates
- 52.85876, -3.67481
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Village Pump is a tall cast iron water pump designed to resemble a gate pier. It has a square shape and stands approximately 2.2 meters high. The sides feature vertical sunk panels adorned with egg-and-dart decoration, and it rests on a moulded plinth. Above this, there is an egg-and-dart and acanthus frieze topped with a moulded cornice. The pump is capped with a shallow ogee section that has a decorative foliated finial on top. The front of the pump includes a centrally-placed spout with a simple square catch trough beneath it. Above the spout, there is a cartouche with raised lettering that reads: 'Cofeb y cyhoedd am Enedigaeth Etifedd Wynnstay Ionawr 25. 1891.' Both the front and rear faces display a foundry mark in raised letters that says 'Coalbrookdale.' Additionally, the rear face features a long curved handle positioned at the center.
Local climate
The Village Pump sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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