Chingford Mill Pumping Station

Chingford Mill Pumping Station is a pumping station built in 1895 for the East London Waterworks Company, designed by project engineer William Booth Bryan. The building is constructed of brick in Flemish bond, featuring soft red brick and terracotta detailing, with box framing. The roofs are tiled with swept eaves and exposed rafter ends. The layout resembles that of a typical parish church, with a central tower comprising three stages and round-arched openings.

To the southwest, there is a single-storey wing that resembles a chancel, while to the northeast, a tall nave of three bays features flat-arched windows on the north face set in segmental-arched recesses. The gable-facing elevation includes a large tupaitite and a flat-arched window set in a round-arched recess, with the gable head being tile-hung and framed in box. A low single-storey wing returns along the long transept arm, topped with a very long strip roof dormer. The facing gable end has a pair of round-arched openings at ground level, six round-arched windows above, and a gable head of box framing.

At the junction of the tower and nave, there is a single-storey porch with a gable facing the entrance, featuring decorative framing at the top. Above the porch, a plaque made of red brick and terracotta is inscribed: "E.L.W.W.Co. Erected 1895". The architectural style is notable, being a variant of the style popularized by Richard Norman Shaw, typically seen in domestic buildings, making its application to a pumping station quite unusual. The pumping station forms a group with the Turbine House and metal railing located on Lower Hall Lane.