The Pump and Turbine House is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1985. Sewage pumping station.
The Pump and Turbine House
- WRENN ID
- graven-steel-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1985
- Type
- Sewage pumping station
- Address
- The Pump and Turbine House, Gas Works Road
- OS grid reference
- SU 725 734
- Coordinates
- 51.45578, -0.95773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pump and Turbine House is a Grade II listed building located at Blakes Lock Sewage Pumping Station, constructed around 1870. It features red brick walls with a grey brick pattern, stone and grey brick dressings, and cast iron small pane windows, topped by a red tile roof. The building is rectangular, with the Pump House being slightly wider and taller to the north, while the Turbine House extends southwards into the River Kennet.
The Pump House consists of three bays, with the two left-hand bays projecting slightly and featuring gabled roofs, each adorned with a cinquefoil window. The lower windows are tall and round-headed, showcasing elaborate brick arches with stone springers and keystones. A brick corbel-table runs along the gable and verges, and the roof is hipped to the right with a gablet. The detailing is similar to that of the Engine House.
The Turbine House has three tripartite windows set under segmental brick arches, positioned between groups of pilaster buttresses, with eaves matching those of the Pump House. Notably, the sewage pumps and two of the three turbines, manufactured by Gilks, remain in their original locations, having replaced the earlier models by Williamson Bros of Kendal.
Local climate
The Pump and Turbine House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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