Former Waterworks Engine House At Rear Of Lendal Hill House

The former waterworks engine house at the rear of Lendal Hill House is a pump engine house that dates back to 1836 and was converted in 1854, with further alterations made later. It was built for the York Waterworks Company. The structure is made of orange-red brick laid in Flemish bond on the river front, with English garden-wall bond used elsewhere. It features a stone plinth and dressings, and has hipped slate roofs that are partly glazed, along with a brick stack.

The exterior of the river front consists of one storey with two bays, each bay containing a round-headed 8-pane sash window. There is a raised stone eaves band beneath a parapet that ramps up to a central plinth, which supports a pedestal in the form of a chimney stack with a stone-coped cap. The eaves band and parapet return on both sides of the building.

On the returns, the building has one storey and an attic with six-bay fronts. The left return on the ground floor has 12-pane sash windows, one of which is blind in the right of the centre bay, all featuring stone sills. The openings on the right have cambered brick arches, while those on the left have segmental brick arches. The attic includes a radial glazed light set in a round brick arch in the left of the centre bay, with squat blind openings elsewhere, all having cambered brick arches and stone sills.

The interior of the building has not been inspected. Historically, this building was constructed to house a waterworks pump engine designed by Joseph Smeaton in 1784. The engine was relocated to new works at Acomb Landing around 1850, after which the engine house was converted for office use.