Public Pump 12 Metres North of Rosemary Cottage
PUBLIC PUMP 12 METRES NORTH OF ROSEMARY COTTAGE, ACORN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1348008
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Public Pump 12 Metres North of Rosemary Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- PUBLIC PUMP 12 METRES NORTH OF ROSEMARY COTTAGE, ACORN STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1348008
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Public Pump 12 Metres North of Rosemary Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- PUBLIC PUMP 12 METRES NORTH OF ROSEMARY COTTAGE, ACORN STREET
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PUBLIC PUMP 12 METRES NORTH OF ROSEMARY COTTAGE, ACORN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hunsdon
- National Grid Reference:
- TL4171113494
Details
TL 4113
8/4
HUNSDON
ACORN STREET
(east side)
Public Pump 12 metres N of Rosemary Cottage
GV
II
Public pump. C19. Cast iron. A complex wayside public pump,
marked 'CLIMAX' in 2 places and '235/15' on upturned pressure
vessel over spout. The pump consists of a tapering vertical
barrel with a horizontal flanged spout on one side with turncock
and spurred spout end. The barrel is topped by a short vertical
iron frame carrying a large fly-wheel, with 5 serpentine spokes,
on the rear side and a large and small toothed gearwheel on the
front. The larger gear has an eccentric connection rod to a
stirrup fixed to a vertical pumprod below. An upper guide to the
rod with a loop to allow the sideways play of the stirrup is
fixed to the front of the barrel. Circular piston cap and bottom
flange to the barrel are bolted to a round-ended iron plate flush
with the paving. Part of a group with Rosemary Cottage and Rose
Cottage.
Listing NGR: TL4171113494
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159925
- 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.
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