Edinburgh Dry Dock Pumping House, Leith Docks, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 March 1995. Pumping house.

Edinburgh Dry Dock Pumping House, Leith Docks, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
winding-railing-reed
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 March 1995
Type
Pumping house
OS grid reference
NT 277 766
Coordinates
55.97727, -3.15983
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Edinburgh Dry Dock Pumping House, located in Leith Docks, Edinburgh, was designed by J M Rendel and G Robertson and dates back to 1881. This single-storey building features a layout of 2 by 3 bays and showcases Renaissance architectural details. It is constructed from variegated brick, with a sandstone base course and some sandstone dressings. Each bay contains a segmental-arched window or door, set within a blind segmental-arched arcade that has a corbelled impost course, topped by an eaves cornice.

The east and west elevations are pedimented and include bull's-eye windows, with the west elevation also featuring a datestone. The south elevation has an arched timber door positioned in the centre bay. The building is fitted with casement windows that have 3-pane top hoppers and is topped with a slate roof. Additionally, there are some square downpipes and eaves gutters present.

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