Cooling Pond at Papplewick Pumping Station is a Grade II listed building in the Gedling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1971. Cooling pond.

Cooling Pond at Papplewick Pumping Station

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gedling
Constituency
Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1971
Type
Cooling pond
Address
Cooling Pond at Papplewick Pumping Station, Longdale Lane
OS grid reference
SK 583 520
Coordinates
53.06291, -1.1313
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cooling pond at Papplewick Pumping Station, built in 1884 by M. O. Tarbotton for the Nottingham Corporation Water Department, is a Grade II listed structure. It features coursed and squared rubble and ashlar. The pond is lobed and rectangular, with cove and bolection moulded coping, and includes a circular cast iron central basin. This structure is a detached ancillary building of the Papplewick Pumping Station, which was one of three built in the late 19th century to serve Nottingham City. It is currently a working museum managed by the Papplewick Pumping Station Trust.

Local climate

Cooling Pond at Papplewick Pumping Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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