Description

John Carrick, 1877-8. Italianate hydraulic hydraulic power and pumping station. T-plan with 4-stage 'campanile'accumulator tower at NW corner, 6 x 3 bays. Coursed ashlar with ashlar angle quoins, surrounds, and fanned voussoirs over openings. All openings plain, roundheaded. 3 x 3 unequal bays. S section oriented E-W, regular windows with band course at impost level. Pediments to both faces, sculpted panel in tympanam. 3-bay N section with keyblocked windows.

4-stage tower with band course to each level, moulded cornice to 2nd. Bracketted cornice over clock to each face.

Replacement windows correspond to original top-hopper pattern.

Interior not seen.

Statement of Interest

Built for Clyde Navigation Trust, to power cranes and a swing bridge at the entrance to Queen's Dock.

Converted to a restaurant and extended to S. with 2-storey masonry link to glazed conservatory, circa 1987-8.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17807359

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)