Honor Oak Pumping Station
HONOR OAK PUMPING STATION, CHELTENHAM ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1378476
- Date first listed:
- 17-Sept-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Honor Oak Pumping Station
- Statutory Address:
- HONOR OAK PUMPING STATION, CHELTENHAM ROAD
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1378476
- Date first listed:
- 17-Sept-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Honor Oak Pumping Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- HONOR OAK PUMPING STATION, CHELTENHAM 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:
- HONOR OAK PUMPING STATION, CHELTENHAM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Southwark (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 35335 74845
Details
SOUTHWARK
TQ3574NW CHELTENHAM ROAD 636-1/62/203 Honor Oak Pumping Station
GV II
Deep well pumping station. 1902-1905. By JW Restler. For the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, taken over by the Metropolitan Water Board, which completed the project. Holloway Bros of Lambeth, builder. Italianate style. MATERIALS: red brick structure with yellow facing bricks; dressings of York stone; arches in gauged Burham bricks. Roof covered in slate and supported by steel trusses and framing that over the boiler house 4-span; that over the engine house, which projects, transept fashion, beyond boiler house, of one span. PLAN: engine Square tower to south-west of engine house. EXTERIOR: one or two storeys; 8 bays to main elevation. Central 2 storey feature with 2 round-headed windows with keystone and impost blocks, flanked by pilasters and with stone balustrading above. Mansard roof with cast iron cresting. Projecting porch with round-headed doorcase with keystone and impost blocks. This is flanked by one storey wings with three round-headed windows under stone balustrading with hipped roof with cast iron cresting. Set back two storey wing with similar windows behind. To the north a single-storey, 2 span utility extension. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: the first deep wells were contemplated in the late C19, supplanting collection pools and rivers. This Southwark and Vauxhall Company was an amalgamation of earlier companies and formed in 1845. A reservoir was erected at Hampton after 1852, having moved from Kennington. In 1871 work began on four covered reservoirs at Nunhead, whose elevated position enabled the company to provide pressurised service to the area's inhabitants. With the expansion of London in the late C19, it was soon realised that conventional collection systems could not supply the growing population of the south-east. It was discovered that there was sufficient, pure ground water trapped in chalk, protected by a layer of clay. The company exploited the presence of clay on the site by setting up a large brick kiln, brickmaking machinery and a brick dryer. Between 1898 and 1900 more than 19,000,000 bricks were made for use in the company's works projects. The first well was bored in 1901. It was approx 4m (11 feet) in diameter and approx 91m (300 feet) deep. Tenders were
accepted in July 1902 for the construction of this pumping station. The builder Holloway Bros. of Belvedere Road, Lambeth was awarded the tender. The massive covered reservoir, which is not included in this designation, was completed in 1909.
Listing NGR: TQ3533574845
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 470777
- 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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