Waterworks is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1985. Waterworks. 2 related planning applications.

Waterworks

WRENN ID
fallen-remnant-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Country
England
Date first listed
30 October 1985
Type
Waterworks
Address
Waterworks, High Street, Leigh, TN11 8RT
OS grid reference
TQ 546 463
Coordinates
51.19509, 0.21233
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Waterworks, built in the 1870s for Samuel Morley and likely designed by George Devey, is a Grade II listed building. It features red brick and gault brick walls with plain tile roofs. The structure is a T-shaped complex that includes two octagonal buildings topped with octagonal cupolas, along with a single-storey rectangular wing on the southeast side that has a lower, hipped roofed cross-wing.

The smaller octagonal building on the southwest is connected to the rectangular wing by a link wing, which has a door set in a brick segmental arch. The south gable of this building is adorned with a cusped barge-board, and it has two two-light windows with margin lights and octagonal panes, as well as a bulls-eye window in the gable. A remnant of the pumping engine chimney can be found at the angle with the lower hipped cross-wing.

The smaller octagonal building houses a well that is 103 feet deep and 12 feet in diameter for the first 36 feet. The larger octagonal building previously served as a softening and filter house. A direct acting steam pump was used to pump water into the reservoir at Hall Place, another reservoir for the village, and into the tanks at Home Farm.

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