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TQ 48 SE
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Belvedere
BAZALGETTE WAY
Crossness Sewage Treatment Works
Beam Engine House

(Formerly listed as BELVEDERE ROAD Crossness Pumping Station)

24.6.70.

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Opened 4 April 1865. Engineer: Joseph Bazalgette. Two storeys, yellow brick. Three-one-three bays divided by pilasters; the windows simple Romanesque style with three round headed lights. Machicolated cornice between the pilasters, cornice across all above this. Punctuated capped parapet. Three jointed one storey parallel gabled ranges at right angles to main block. The gable ends have black round arches containing a three light window (each with round head). Circular window in tympanum side elevation with series of joined round headed windows.

Interior: Important cast iron architectural treatment and four colossal beam engines by James Watt and Co.

Reference: Architectural Review December 1969. Article by John Smith with photographs and engraving.

Listing NGR: TQ4849781080

External Links

• Crossness Pumping Station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5188737

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)