Henlow Pump House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 2003. A C19 Pump house.
Henlow Pump House
- WRENN ID
- moated-pinnacle-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 2003
- Type
- Pump house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
346/0/10014 19-AUG-03
HENLOW Henlow Pump House
GV II
Pump House. 1897. Hexagonal plan structure comprising 6 timber posts with curved braces supporting pyramidal 6-sided hipped roof, tiled and capped with metal flashing rising to a decorative finial. Roof structure has tie beam with king post. Portland stone horse trough carries the inscription: 'This well was built by the people of Henlow / to commemorate the 60th year of / Queen Victoria's reign / open on the 29th date of September 1897' HISTORY: Henlow was connected to the mains water supply less than ten years after construction of the pump house. The mechanical pump was removed in 1926 and the well capped.
A well-designed piece of village furniture close to the Grade I Church of St. Mary, and a celebration of the Diamond Jubilee.
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