Listed Building: PUMP ROOM (1257920)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | Historic England |
Volume/Map/Item | 616-1, 3, 81 |
Date assigned | 25 January 1951 |
Date last amended |
Description
Pump room, later micrarium now pump room. 1894, domes removed 1912, converted late C20. By H Currey. Ashlar with ashlar dressings. Flat roof.
PLAN: T-plan.
EXTERIOR: single storey. Street front, 7 windows arranged 1:5:1. Central section has Tuscan Doric pilasters with entablature inscribed ST ANN'S WELL and balustrade, 5 round moulded arches with keystones and moulded imposts each with a single 2-light window with fanlight. Either side single slightly projecting rusticated square pavilions with pediments, each has a round moulded arch with keystone and moulded imposts containing C20 double doors and overlight. Similar articulation to side and rear facades of pavilions. Returns have 2 windows between rusticated piers with round moulded arches with keystones and moulded imposts containing 2-light windows with fanlights. Rear has curved wall with moulded parapet and 5 casement windows with a central 3-light window flanked by single light windows and flanked by 2-light windows.
INTERIOR: retains open hall and many original features, such as the shallow tri-partite coved ceiling, plastered beams with decoration, marble pillars, plaster roundels, tiled floors, Art Nouveau glass, panelled doors with oval overlights. The pump or well reputed to survive in situ, in sunken basement to the rear of building. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Derbyshire: Harmondsworth: 1953-1986: 116).
Listing NGR: SK0581573522
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Location
Grid reference | SK 05815 73522 (point) |
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Map sheet | SK07SE |
Civil Parish | BUXTON, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Feb 16 2010 8:58AM