Weigh House and Weighbridge at Mill Meece Pumping Station is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 2015. Weigh house.
Weigh House and Weighbridge at Mill Meece Pumping Station
- WRENN ID
- plain-terrace-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2015
- Type
- Weigh house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Weigh house and weighbridge at water pumping station, built circa 1914 for the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company. Designed by William Campbell and constructed by Thomas Godwin and Son.
MATERIALS: of Accrington red brick in English bond with stone dressings and a clay-tiled roof.
PLAN: it is a single-storey building with a rectangular plan.
EXTERIOR: the building’s principal elevation faces north-west and contains a single window. The right-hand return has a doorway with a panelled door whilst the remaining elevations are blind. Windows are six-paned casements with chamfered stone lintels whilst the window and door openings are round-headed with gauged brick arches with keystones.
INTERIOR: the weigh house retains its original weighing machine of 1914, by Henry Pooley and Sons of Birmingham and London.
WEIGHBRIDGE: an iron weighbridge, dated 1914, is set within the ground in front of the north-west face. It was manufactured and installed by Henry Pooley and Sons of Birmingham and London.
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