Seedy Mill Waterworks Pumping Station (North Building) is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1999. Waterworks pumping station. 1 related planning application.
Seedy Mill Waterworks Pumping Station (North Building)
- WRENN ID
- first-sandstone-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1999
- Type
- Waterworks pumping station
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Seedy Mill Waterworks Pumping Station (North Building) is a waterworks pumping station built in 1938. It features plum-coloured wire-cut brick in Flemish bond, with some blue headers, and pink concrete dressings. The building has a low-pitched hipped roof behind a parapet.
The structure is rectangular in plan, consisting of an engine house with offices and stairs located behind in a lower range, designed in a Neo-Georgian style. It is a tall single-storey building with a basement. The symmetrical three-bay northeast front has large round-headed windows with small concrete keyblocks and oculi above, all fitted with metal frames containing small panes. The intricate brickwork includes rustication on the window architraves and recessed quoins. A central brick porch features a moulded concrete architrave and entablature inscribed with 'Seedy Mill', which is accessed by a flight of steps with railings. The main parapet is recessed, with concrete coping and a panel inscribed with 'South Staffordshire Waterworks Company'. The building stands on a tall plinth with small basement windows, and the centres of the end elevations project forward, featuring similar windows. At the rear, there is a lower range with simpler detailing and metal frame windows.
Inside, the foyer has curved steps and concrete stairs with a tubular steel balustrade, and both the foyer and landing retain original doors. The engine house has yellow brick and glazed brown and green brick walls, supported by braced steel roof trusses. The electric pumping engines currently in use are replacements for the original electric engines.
The chief engineer at the time of construction was F.J. Dixon A.M.I.C.E.
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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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