Cooling Pond and 2 Lamps at Bestwood Pumping Station is a Grade II listed building in the Gedling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1987. Cooling pond, lamps.

Cooling Pond and 2 Lamps at Bestwood Pumping Station

WRENN ID
south-steel-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gedling
Constituency
Gedling MP: Michael Payne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 April 1987
Type
Cooling pond, lamps
Address
Cooling Pond and 2 Lamps at Bestwood Pumping Station, Mansfield Road, Bestwood Village
OS grid reference
SK 579 482
Coordinates
53.0281, -1.1373
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cooling pond and two lamps at Bestwood Pumping Station were constructed in 1871, likely by T. Hawksley for the Nottingham Waterworks Company. The structure features coursed and squared rubble with cast iron and ashlar dressings. The serpentine cooling pond measures approximately 150 meters long and 80 meters wide, with a chamfered coping. At the west end of the pond, there are two gas lamps with broached square bases, tapered octagonal stems, foliate ornamentation, and glass globes topped with porcelain finials. The lamp to the south is missing its globe. This site is part of a pumping station that was one of three built in the late 19th century to serve Nottingham City.

Local climate

Cooling Pond and 2 Lamps at Bestwood Pumping Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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