Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SJ89000 REGIS ROAD
895-1/9/141 (South side)
12/02/91 Tettenhall Pumping Station

II

Pump house. 1845; later C19 additions. By Henry J.Marlen. Brick with ashlar dressings; hipped slate roof. T-plan. 4 storeys; 2-window range to left of and 3-window range to right of projecting wing. Ashlar base; weathering over ground floor; 2nd floor impost course to round-headed recesses with archivolts; top dentilled cornice and stone-coped brick parapet. Round-headed windows have archivolts over small-paned iron glazing; 3rd floor has triple bulls' eyes with glazing bars to central eye; wing has round-headed entrance with archivolt and fanlight over plain door in round-headed recess; 2-window returns. Left return has tall window to 1st and 2nd floors. Right return to street has entrance with frieze and cornice over paired half-glazed doors. Rear similar, with late C19 addition with similar details. An early example of a municipal water works building, with architectural merit.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502965

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)