Public Pump on Riverbank Opposite Chapel Lane

PUBLIC PUMP ON RIVERBANK OPPOSITE CHAPEL LANE, THE FORD

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1210198
Date first listed:
30-Apr-1985
List Entry Name:
Public Pump on Riverbank Opposite Chapel Lane
Statutory Address:
PUBLIC PUMP ON RIVERBANK OPPOSITE CHAPEL LANE, THE FORD
User submitted image
Contributed by Nigel Cox This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. Over 400,000 images and stories have been added to the Missing Pieces Project so far. Share your story.
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2001-09-08
Reference:
IOE01/05225/03
Rights:
© Mr Les Brunton. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1210198
Date first listed:
30-Apr-1985
List Entry Name:
Public Pump on Riverbank Opposite Chapel Lane
Statutory Address 1:
PUBLIC PUMP ON RIVERBANK OPPOSITE CHAPEL LANE, THE FORD

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
PUBLIC PUMP ON RIVERBANK OPPOSITE CHAPEL LANE, THE FORD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Hertfordshire
District:
East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Little Hadham
National Grid Reference:
TL 43606 21805

Details

TL 4321 LITTLE HADHAM THE FORD (east side) Hadham Ford

9/15 Public Pump on riverbank opposite Chapel Lane -

GV II

Public pump, 1880. 2 metres high decorated cast iron painted white. Raised lettering cast on N side of chamber reads "ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION APRIL 1880". Wide cylindrical barrel with 2 raised rings and large spurred spout at upper ring. Moulded corbelled expansion to chamber with straight moulded spout. Moulded top flange carrying tall foliate cap with pineapple finial. Dog-leg wrought iron handle, pivoted on S face of chamber, tapers to large pear-shaped counterweight knob. Paved surround of blue stable chequer-paviours and white posts with chains between. A fine subscription pump of considerable artistic, social and technological interest. Part of a group at the middle of the Conservation Area.

Listing NGR: TL4360621805

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
394874
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of Public Pump on Riverbank Opposite Chapel Lane

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 21-Jun-2026 at 15:24:19.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos