Pump house approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side.

Pump house approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side., Scampston Hall Estate

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SCAMPSTON
SCAMPSTON HALL ESTATE
Pump House approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side.

GV
II

Pump house. 1778 on datestone. Orange-red brick in English garden wall bond on tooled sandstone base; stone coping. Exterior wall of orange-red brick. Square on plan.

Battered east side has low segment-arched opening and blocked roundel above. South side has segment arch between shaped abutments over channel running through building. On west side is wide doorway beneath heavy lintel. Date panel sunk in raised surround on north side, hidden by ivy (at time of listing).

Interior: partly sunken floor forms wheel pit for undershot wheel. Massive tunnel-vaulted roof. Channel bringing water from the adjacent lake, together with a sluice, may be seen to south-east.

Water, collected in the small pond on south side was controlled by a sluice within the pumphouse, from where it was channelled through the building, flowing out through a tailrace on the north side. Included for industrial- historic interest.

Listing NGR: SE8656775570
Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1149666
Date first listed:
14-Dec-1987
List Entry Name:
Pump house approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side.
Statutory Address:
Pump house approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side., Scampston Hall Estate
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1149666
Date first listed:
14-Dec-1987
List Entry Name:
Pump house approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side.
Statutory Address 1:
Pump house approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side., Scampston Hall Estate

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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
Pump house approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side., Scampston Hall Estate

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Scampston
National Grid Reference:
SE8656775570

Summary

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 19 June 2024 to amend the description and reformat the text to current standards

SE 87 NE
4/52

SCAMPSTON
SCAMPSTON HALL ESTATE
Pump House approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side.

GV
II

Pump house. 1778 on datestone. Orange-red brick in English garden wall bond on tooled sandstone base; stone coping. Exterior wall of orange-red brick. Square on plan.

Battered east side has low segment-arched opening and blocked roundel above. South side has segment arch between shaped abutments over channel running through building. On west side is wide doorway beneath heavy lintel. Date panel sunk in raised surround on north side, hidden by ivy (at time of listing).

Interior: partly sunken floor forms wheel pit for undershot wheel. Massive tunnel-vaulted roof. Channel bringing water from the adjacent lake, together with a sluice, may be seen to south-east.

Water, collected in the small pond on south side was controlled by a sluice within the pumphouse, from where it was channelled through the building, flowing out through a tailrace on the north side. Included for industrial- historic interest.

Listing NGR: SE8656775570

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 19 June 2024 to amend the description and reformat the text to current standards

SE 87 NE
4/52

SCAMPSTON
SCAMPSTON HALL ESTATE
Pump house approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side.

GV
II

Pump house. 1778 on datestone. Orange-red brick in English garden wall bond on tooled sandstone base; stone coping. Exterior wall of orange-red brick. Square on plan.

Battered east side has low segment-arched opening and blocked roundel above. South side has segment arch between shaped abutments over channel running through building. On west side is wide doorway beneath heavy lintel. Date panel sunk in raised surround on north side, hidden by ivy (at time of listing).

Interior: partly sunken floor forms wheel pit for undershot wheel. Massive tunnel-vaulted roof. Channel bringing water from the adjacent lake, together with a sluice, may be seen to south-east.

Water, collected in the small pond on south side was controlled by a sluice within the pumphouse, from where it was channelled through the building, flowing out through a tailrace on the north side. Included for industrial- historic interest.

Listing NGR: SE8656775570

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Legacy System number:
329392
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Sources

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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 32 North Yorkshire,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of Pump house approximately 80 metres east of Scampston Hall and attached walls sunk in ground on south side.

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