Amwell Marsh Pumping Station

GREAT AMWELL AMWELL LANE TL 3712 (south side)

12/4 Amwell Marsh Pumping Station GV II

Pumping Station building. 1883 for the New River Company, erected by Frederick Hitch of Ware. Yellow stock brick with portland stone dressings, red brick inset panels and hipped red tile roofs. A tall rectangular engine house raised on a high base with outside stair at rear (S). Elaborate arcaded treatment with recessed panels of red brick. Portland stone used for moulded necking, imposts, dripmould, corbelled window sills and large brackets to wide eaves. 3-bay E-face has round arched windows in the outer bays at 2 levels with cast iron frames. 2-bay S front and N front to road similar. Low single storey L-shaped range attached on W has same elaborate treatment and arcading. Originally steam driven and said to have had a beam-engine. Forms a group with the Engineers House beside The New River. (Branch Johnson (1970) 100: Pevsner (1977) 150).

Listing NGR: TL3760812339