Pump House To North Of Lake At Battersea Park

The pump house, built in 1861 by James and William Simpson, is located to the north of the lake at Battersea Park. It is constructed of English bond brown brick with rusticated quoin strips and limestone ashlar dressings, topped with a hipped Welsh slate roof. The building features one bay with tall one-storey elevations. The front bay displays "VR/1861" set in a stone roundel above a keyed stone semi-circular arched doorway. Similar arches are found above the tall windows in the side walls. Carved stone brackets support a moulded stone cornice. To the right is a smaller and lower three by three bay range, which has similar arches for its openings and 2-light cast-iron casements. This pump house was designed to supply water to the 15-acre boating lake, a key feature of Battersea Park, which was designed by James Pennethorne in the 1850s.