Boiler House Chimney At Papplewick Pumping Station

The boiler house chimney at Papplewick Pumping Station, built in 1884 by M. O. Tarbotton for the Nottingham Corporation Water Department, is a Grade II listed structure. It is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and has a square plan. The chimney features a battered square base topped with ashlar coping. The shaft is adorned with moulded centre pilasters and corner pilasters, along with two small dentillated string courses and a dentillated main cornice. Each side of the shaft has a triple lancet window in the style of the 13th century, complete with an iron grille, a round shaft, and a carved capital. At the top, there is a truncated pyramid finial with four corniced pinnacles capped with pyramids. The chimney stands approximately 120 feet high and serves as a detached ancillary building of the Papplewick Pumping Station, which is now a working museum managed by the Papplewick Pumping Station Trust.