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

A Grade II Listed Building in Scampston, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.1686 / 54°10'7"N

Longitude: -0.6755 / 0°40'31"W

OS Eastings: 486567

OS Northings: 475570

OS Grid: SE865755

Mapcode National: GBR RNQ7.KF

Mapcode Global: WHGCG.LHK3

Plus Code: 9C6X589F+FR

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

Listing Date: 14 December 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1149666

English Heritage Legacy ID: 329392

ID on this website: 101149666

Location: Scampston, North Yorkshire, YO17

County: North Yorkshire

District: Ryedale

Civil Parish: Scampston

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Scampston with Wintringham

Church of England Diocese: York

Tagged with: Pump

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

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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

Description


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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