Newburn Pumping Station

Newburn Pumping Station is a pumping station built between 1854 and 1855, designed by engineer Robert Nicholson and constructed by R. Cail for the Whittle Dene Water Company. It is made of rock-faced sandstone with vermiculate dressings and quoins, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The building consists of two blocks; the main two-storey block features two bays on the front and one high storey with two additional bays attached to the west. The ground floor has round-headed openings with alternate-block jambs and keystones, including a double door at the east end with diagonal boarding beneath boarded infill, and sills under flat stone lintels. There is an eaves band and gutter cornice, and the roof is hipped. The lower building is styled similarly. This pumping station was part of efforts to improve the water supply by sourcing water from gravel beds following the cholera epidemic of 1853.