Water Pump on the North Side of the B1077

WATER PUMP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE B1077, CHURCH ROW

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An early C19 water pump.
Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1394732
Date first listed:
19-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:
Water Pump on the North Side of the B1077
Statutory Address:
WATER PUMP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE B1077, CHURCH ROW
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1394732
Date first listed:
19-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:
Water Pump on the North Side of the B1077
Statutory Address 1:
WATER PUMP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE B1077, CHURCH ROW

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.

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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:
WATER PUMP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE B1077, CHURCH ROW

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

County:
Suffolk
District:
Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:
Framsden
National Grid Reference:
TM1919059371

Reasons for Designation

The water pump on the north side of the B1077 in Framsden, installed in 1840, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Historical interest: it was constructed to serve the row of estate cottages opposite and forms an important component in the village landscape and wider social history.
* Intactness: Although the timber case is likely to have been renewed, the pump survives intact.
* Group value; it holds group value with the row of estate cottages opposite (designated at Grade II) for which it was constructed to serve.

Details

FRAMSDEN

1897/0/10031 CHURCH ROW 19-OCT-10 St John's Row Water pump on the north side of the B1 077

GV II An early C19 water pump.

MATERIALS: The pump stands just over 2m tall, has a wrought iron cow tail handle and lead spout and is enclosed within wooden casing.

HISTORY: Pumps appeared in towns and villages in increasing numbers throughout the C18 and C19 although many pumps were closed during the C19 on sanitary grounds once it was realised that cholera was a water-borne disease. The water pump on Church Row, Framsden dates to c.1840 when it supplied water to the row of cottages opposite.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The water pump on the north side of the B1077 in Framsden is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Historic interest: it was constructed to serve the row of estate cottages opposite and forms an important component in the village landscape and wider social history. * Intactness: Although the timber casing is likely to have been renewed, the pump survives intact. * Group value: it holds group value with the row of estate cottages opposite (designated at Grade II) for which it was constructed to serve.

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
507522
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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