Pump House, Clarendon Quay, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT1 3AL

A single-storey, single-bay building aligned N-S between the E ends of the two graving docks (HB26/50/090B and C). Hipped natural slate roof with oversailing eaves with timber soffits. Half-round plastic rainwater goods. Walls are painted and rendered (underlying material not known). Double-leaf timber door on E elevation and two sets of high-level metal-framed 5x2-paned windows along N gable. Small lean-to to middle of S gable. Walls otherwise blank. A short distance SW of the building are two hand-operated cast-iron valve stands mounted on a circular concrete plinth. These are still used to cut off the water in the pipes between the bottom of the dry docks and the emptying pumps. The tops of the stands are inscribed: “Glenfield/ & Kennedy/ Kilmarnock”. There was no internal access, but the site manager states that it contains a (relatively modern) electrically-powered pump in the basement. There is also a smaller pump to drain off any seepage. Setting The pump house is located on Clarendon Dock (from which there is a connection to Belfast Lough ) immediately east of the original workshop and pump house (HB26/50/090A), and between the graving docks (late eighteenth century Dock no.1 to SW and early nineteenth century Dock no.2 to NW). The area has been landscaped and is now planted with grass and ornamental trees. Three anchors and a ship’s propeller are displayed here. The area to the W and N of the dock has been paved with stone flags. Roof: Slate Walling: Rendered RWG: Plastic Windows: Metal