Pump House To North Of Lake At Battersea Park

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BATTERSEA PARK Pump house to north of TQ 27 NE 2/13 lake at Battersea Park II The description shall be amended to read: Pump house. 1861, by James and William Simpson; restored 1987/8. English bond brown brick with rusticated quoin strips and stucco dressings; hipped Welsh slate roof. One x 2 bays. Tall one-storey elevations. Front bay has VR/1861 set in stone roundel above keyed stone semi-circular arched doorway. Similar arches to tall windows in side walls. Cast stone brackets support moulded stone cornice (reinstated 1988). Smaller and lower 3 x 3 bay range to right with similar arches to openings and 2-light cast-iron casements. This pump house was built to supply water to the 15-acre boating lake, one of the prime features of Battersea Park which was designed in the 1850s by James Pennethorne.

BATTERSEA PARK Pump house to north of TQ 27 NE 2/13 lake at Battersea Park II

Pump house. 1861, by James and William Simpson. English bond brown brick with rusticated quoin strips and limestone ashlar dressings; hipped Welsh slate roof. One x 2 bays. Tall one-storey elevations. Front bay has VR/1861 set in stone roundel above keyed stone semi-circular arched doorway. Similar arches to tall windows in side walls. Carved stone brackets support moulded stone cornice. Smaller and lower 3 x 3 bay range to right with similar arches to openings and 2-light cast-iron casements. This pump house was built to supply water to the 15-acre boating lake, one of the prime features of Battersea Park which was designed in the 1850s by James Pennethorne.

Listing NGR: TQ2823477175