Description

SJ 38 NW WALLASEY PUMP ROAD
(south side)

6/84 Pumping Station
to east of
20.2.85 Wallasey Dock

- II

Pumping Station. 1886 extended 1908. Common brick with red brick
dressings and slate roofs. One storey, 9 x 3 bays, 1st 3 bays form
the extension, rear range of 6 bays. Round-arched applied arcade,
2 string courses open and top cornice. Coped gables and clasing
buttresses to angles. Large keys of arcade projected upward as flat
pilasters, with smaller intermediate pilasters. 6 pilasters of arcade
have small niches. 1st, 4th and 9th bays are blind, the rest have
paired segmental-headed windows with round windows above all with
iron small-pane glazing. Roof has rectangular ridge louvres with
pitched roofs. Right return 1st 3 bays gabled similar to front facade
gable has round-headed window. Next 3 bays are gabled, 3 round-headed
windows interrupted by later lean-to extension. Louvred round window
above. Octagonal stack projects to centre, has 4 string courses and
machicolated cap. Left return similar, large segmental-headed entrance.
Return of rear range recessed to left, similar to right return. Rear
facing dock has been altered.

Listing NGR: SJ3269689960

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549440

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)