Surrey Street Pumping Station
SURREY STREET PUMPING STATION, SURREY STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1079248
- Date first listed:
- 27-Apr-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Surrey Street Pumping Station
- Statutory Address:
- SURREY STREET PUMPING STATION, SURREY STREET
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1079248
- Date first listed:
- 27-Apr-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Surrey Street Pumping Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- SURREY STREET PUMPING STATION, SURREY STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SURREY STREET PUMPING STATION, SURREY STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Croydon (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 32202 65384
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 23 May 2023 to amend the description and to reformat the text to current standards
5009
TQ 3265 1005-/9/10001
SURREY STREET
Surrey Street Pumping Station
II
Pumping Station. Built in 4 phases. Earliest Engine House, 1851,
probably by Thomas Cox, with further engine house of 1867 by
Baldwin Latham, further extension of 1876-7 designed by Thomas
Walker and built by Smith of South Norwood to house
a compound horizontal engine and further extension of 1912. 1851
building is popularly supposed to be the converted and
transported West Croydon atmospheric railway station's engine
house of 1845 and it is possible some of the materials were re-used
from the earlier building.
Neo-Tudor style. Brown brick with stone quoins. Slate roof. 2
storeys over tall brick plinth - 5-light stone oriel window on
west gable wall with date plaques over. North front has 2 3-light
windows on each floor with 4 centred heads and labels. Single
dormer. Gable over left hand windows. To the north is the engine
house of 1867 by C Baldwin Latham in castellated Gothic style.
Built of stock brick with polychrome brown brick and stone
dressings. 2 storeys over tall brick plinth with octagonal
castellated tower at north end. This has pseudo-machicolations
windows, and lancet . North front has 2 3-light windows,
casements with leaded lights, on each floor with pointed heads,
polychrome voussoirs and zigzag decoration in 3 colours of brick
(yellow, red and black). Castellated parapet with pseudo-
machicolations. Buttresses. Concrete door surround dated 1954.
South addition of 1877 by Thomas Walker, stock brick with stone
dressings.
1 storey 5 windows. Recessed window bays with step up to door in
North bay under gable. South face has gable with occulis and 2
lancets. West addition of 1912 in stock brick and red brick with
slate roof.
[See "Buildings of England: South London" p216 Aubrey Wilson
"London Industrial Heritage" 1967 p117]
Listing NGR: TQ3220365379
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 201300
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Wilson, A, London Industrial Heritage, (1967), 117
Cherry, B, Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: London 2: South, (1983)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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