Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
14442
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
15/03/1994  
Date of Amendment
15/03/1994  
Name of Property
Jubilee Pump  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Wrexham  
Community
Overton  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
337404  
Northing
341725  
Street Side
N  
Location
Set back in a small brick-walled recess immediately adjoining the former Police Station.  

Description


Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage  
Period
 

History
Pump, dated 1887 and erected to commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.  

Exterior
Ashlar. Chamfered and pedimented square section stone column on chamfered plinth, surmounted by ball finial. Pump mechanism in wooden case against rear face, with basin served by small lead spout projecting from the front. Inscribed with initials VR and the date in the front face, and with foliate low-relief in the pediment.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
A good example of a pump, surviving in working order.  

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