Lilleshall Engine House, Kempton Park Pumping Station
LILLESHALL ENGINE HOUSE, KEMPTON PARK PUMPING STATION, FELTHAMHILL ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1375631
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Lilleshall Engine House, Kempton Park Pumping Station
- Statutory Address:
- LILLESHALL ENGINE HOUSE, KEMPTON PARK PUMPING STATION, FELTHAMHILL ROAD
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1375631
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Lilleshall Engine House, Kempton Park Pumping Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- LILLESHALL ENGINE HOUSE, KEMPTON PARK PUMPING STATION, FELTHAMHILL ROAD
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:
- LILLESHALL ENGINE HOUSE, KEMPTON PARK PUMPING STATION, FELTHAMHILL ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Hounslow (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ1107970831
Details
TQ 17 SW
787/44/10050
FELTHAM
FELTHAMHILL ROAD
(east side)
Lilleshall Engine House,
Kempton Park Pumping Station
GV
II*
Water pumping station. 1902-5, for the New River Water Company, taken over by the Metropolitan Water Board. Yellow stock bricks with Portland stone dressings and a slate roof. Rectangular plan. Single storey; 12-window range. A long range divided into three by pilasters, to a frieze, cornice and balustrade which dies. A lower central porch similarly articulated, has round-arched keyed windows, a central doorway with bracketed segmental canopy and panelled doors, blocked window surrounds. The engine house has tall round-arched windows connected by an impost band, with 2-window returns. The notable chimney is attached to the Triple Expansion Engine House (qv). Interior: contains electric pumps; fully tiled with a gantry crane, a panelled entrance lobby with panelled double doors, steel truss roof.
Historical Note: this engine house formerly contained 5 Lilleshall vertical triple expansion engines, two of which pumped from the River Thames to filter beds and the other three to service reservoirs, making it at the time the greatest concentration of pumping power in the country, and with the 1929 Triple Expansion House (qv), part of the greatest concentration of steam power in Europe. A sister station to Cricklewood (qv), to the reservoir of which it pumped. Graded as part of this outstanding group.
Listing NGR: TQ1107970831
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469605
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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