The Pump House is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 March 1987. Industrial building. 3 related planning applications.

The Pump House

WRENN ID
ragged-postern-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Swansea West MP: Torsten Bell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Industrial building
Address
The Pump House, Pumphouse Quay, Waterfront / Y Glannau, SA1 1TT
OS grid reference
SS 660 926
Coordinates
51.61668, -3.93675
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Pump House is a two-storey industrial building dating from the 19th century, constructed of red brick with dark brick dressings. It features a tall south tower, which may have served as a former accumulator. The building has hipped slate roofs, with projecting parapets and eaves that include diagonal headers. The window bays are treated with a giant arch design, while the western end has modern brickwork that lacks dark dressings. The tower and adjoining bays have roll-moulded angles in dark brick, and the top of the tower includes oculi in blind panels, a stonework band course, and eaves. There is a datestone at the base with a partly modern inscription, along with an inset modern relief sculpture. To the right, there are modern glazed lean-to extensions, and the main entrance is accessed via modern steps.

The rear elevation, which faces Gloucester Place, has mostly original detailing and features a three-bay design. The wall steps down to the east, with blind panels above a three-bay arcaded ground floor. A further three-bay arcaded and gabled elevation faces east.

Additionally, a half-length bow-trussed girder swing-bridge, which was formerly operated by power from the Pump House, still survives on the quayside to the southwest.

Local climate

The Pump House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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