| The Pump House, Blandford Forum | |
| Type: | Fountain |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 50.8561°N -2.1642°W |
| Location: | Blandford Forum, Dorset |
| Built: | 1760 |
| Architect: | John Bastard |
| Architecture: | Neoclassical |
| Designation1: | Grade I listed building |
| Designation1 Offname: | Pump House |
| Designation1 Date: | 27 October 1950 |
| Designation1 Number: | 1324829 |
The Pump House, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, is an 18th-century water source erected in 1760 in commemoration of a fire which almost destroyed the town in 1731. It was designed and paid for by John Bastard who, with his brother William, worked as builders and architects and were largely responsible for the town's reconstruction. The Pump House is a Grade I listed structure.
On 4 June 171, a fire destroyed almost the entirety of the town of Blandford Forum. Around 15 people were killed and over 90% of the town's buildings razed.[1] Rebuilding of the town was led by the Bastard brothers, John and William, who worked as builders and architects in the town.[2] John Bastard designed and paid for the monument which was erected in 1760. It was sited above a spring, to provide a water source in the event of a further fire. This was converted to a drinking fountain in 1899.
The Pump House is constructed of Portland stone. Historic England describe the design as in the Bastards' "later and more severely classical style". Nikolaus Pevsner, in his Dorset volume of the Buildings of England series, considered it a "detailed tabernacle with Doric columns". It contains a number of inscriptions, the main one reading [see box];
The Pump House is a Grade I listed building.