Description

DERBY ROAD
1.
5369 (South side)
Former hydraulic
SK 2424 SE SP/754 power house
6/754

II GV

2.

Hydraulic power house. Late C19. Red brick with slate roof. Single storey with
central accumulator tower having 3 recessed panels, each with a boarded segmental-headed
opening. 3 windows to right; 2 windows (one blocked to left). Ridge ventilator to
right. Lower 3 window range with central stack to left. Right gable end has inserted
C20 door with roller shutter cutting through two windows; 3 windows in left gable end.
This hydraulic power house complete with its engine rooms and characteristic accumulator
tower would have provided power for elevators etc in the nearby LMS grain store (q.v)
and for capstans in the extehsive Wetmore sidings where the brewery companies private
networks for the most part connected with the main line.

Listing NGR: SK2487024224

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26290463

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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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)