Description

J M Rendel and G Robertson, dated 1881. Single storey, 2-by 3-bay pumping house with Renaissance details. Variegated brick with sandstone base course and some dressings. Segmental-arched window or door set in each bay of blind segmental-arched arcade with corbelled impost course; eaves cornice. E and W elevations pedimented with bull?s-eye windows, W elevation with datestone. S elevation with arched timber door to centre bay.

Casement windows with 3-pane top hoppers. Slate roof. Some square downpipes and eaves gutters.

Statement of Interest

Group with Edinburgh dock and Edinburgh dry dock (listed separately). Good example of a dock complex with unusually shaped large wet dock and elaborately constructed dry dock.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17811761

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