The Pump Room

WINKFIELD

SU97SW WINKFIELD LANE, Winkfield Plain 674-1/13/274 (North West side) 07/12/66 The Pump Room

II

Pump-house, now house. c1800 altered and extended late C20. MATERIALS: timber frame with brick infill, old tile hipped roof. PLAN: rectangular plan with projections on north-west and south-east, projection on south-east has single storey extensions on either side in the angle. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with very tall brick plinth and wide overhanging eaves. 2 chimneys with clay pots. Mostly C20 casement windows with glazing bars. Entrance front, south-east, single-bay central projection with original 2-light, leaded window with Y-tracery and pointed arch head. Below, planked church door with pointed head. One small and one larger replica window on either side at first floor, and two 2-light windows either side on ground floor. Timber frame exposed on all 4 fronts, and consists of re-used timbers with many carpenters marks out of sequence. Inscription on lintel over planked wooden door on the right return which reads PAX INTRANTIBVS SALVS EXEVNTIBVS. INTERIOR: much altered in late C20, but still retains central space with staircase rising to 2 floors. Pump-house formerly contained an old Physic Well, now covered in. Formerly consisted of one large room containing the well, and extending the whole height of the building. Porch projection on entrance front divided into 2 storeys, upper storey opening into large room. (Victoria County History: VOL I: 85).