Former Crossness Pumping Station is a Grade I listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1970. A Opened 4 April 1865 Industrial. 7 related planning applications.
Former Crossness Pumping Station
- WRENN ID
- hushed-courtyard-sparrow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Bexley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1970
- Type
- Industrial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28 May 2025 to update the Name and Address and reformat the text to current standards
TQ 48 SE 1/1
Belvedere BAZALGETTE WAY Crossness Sewage Treatment Works Beam Engine House
(Formerly listed as BELVEDERE ROAD Crossness Pumping Station)
24.6.70.
I
Opened 4 April 1865. Engineer: Joseph Bazalgette. Two storeys, yellow brick. Three-one-three bays divided by pilasters; the windows simple Romanesque style with three round headed lights. Machicolated cornice between the pilasters, cornice across all above this. Punctuated capped parapet. Three jointed one storey parallel gabled ranges at right angles to main block. The gable ends have black round arches containing a three light window (each with round head). Circular window in tympanum side elevation with series of joined round headed windows.
Interior: Important cast iron architectural treatment and four colossal beam engines by James Watt and Co.
Reference: Architectural Review December 1969. Article by John Smith with photographs and engraving.
Listing NGR: TQ4849781080
Detailed Attributes
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