Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5640SW ROPEWALK
646-1/12/540 (North East side)
Waterworks pumping station

II

Waterworks pumping station, now workshop. 1850. For the
Nottingham Waterworks Co. Red brick with ashlar dressings and
hipped concrete tile roof. Gothic Revival style.
Chamfered plinth, buttresses, modillion cornice, coped
parapet. 2 storeys; 1 x 3 bays. Pointed arched openings with
ashlar surrounds.
Main entrance front, to south, has a segmental pointed doorway
with late C20 doors and screen, flanked by angle buttresses.
Above, a double lancet. Each side has a central buttress
flanked by double lancets, and above, 3 single lancets. North
side has a single lancet, and 2 smaller lancets above.
At the north west corner, a square tower, 2 stages, formerly
with a pyramidal roof. Modillion string course and moulded
parapet. On the lower stage, diaper work and a single lancet.
Upper stage has a single lancet on each side.
This pumping station was the first of a series of pumping
stations built to extract water from artesian wells to
supplement the cities water supply. It worked till 1880, when
Nottingham Corporation took control of the water undertakings.
It was used as a garage from 1930.
(Get to know Nottingham: Brand K: The Park estate, Nottingham:
Nottingham: 1984-: 20; Plan of the Town Of Nottingham (etc):
Salmon E: Nottingham: 1861-; City of Nottingham Water
Department: Short History of the Waterworks: Nottingham:
1930-).

Listing NGR: SK5644540093

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Ropewalk Pumping Station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7366755

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