Cooling Pond and Leat at Goldstone Pumping Station is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1971. Cooling pond.

Cooling Pond and Leat at Goldstone Pumping Station

WRENN ID
dreaming-tower-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Hove and Portslade MP: Peter Kyle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 June 1971
Type
Cooling pond
Address
Cooling Pond and Leat at Goldstone Pumping Station, British Engineerium, Woodland Drive, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN3 7QA
OS grid reference
TQ 285 066
Coordinates
50.84466, -0.1756
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cooling pond and leat at the former Goldstone Pumping Station, built in 1866, is a significant structure made of brick and terracotta. The pond is approximately 100 meters square, with the leat surrounding three sides. It is fed by pipes on the north side and features a small cascade at the south-west corner. The pond has a depth of about 30 centimeters. The leat and pond are bordered by red brick dwarf walls, which are faced internally with terracotta. Hot water from the boilers in the boilerhouse is piped into the leat, allowing it to cool as it flows around the pond, while cold water is returned from the bottom of the pond to the boilerhouse. This structure forms a group with the nearby boiler and engine house and chimney to the north.

Local climate

Cooling Pond and Leat at Goldstone Pumping Station receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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