Former Pumping Station (EHER 15578)

Late 19th century water pumping station, now Christian Fellowship Hall.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Former late 19th century water pumping house, now a Christian Fellowship Hall, in High Road. Single-story red brick building with gabled slate roof. Central gabled porch. Round-headed openings under red brick arches with stone imposts at level of this string course, plus ocular window in gable. <1> 1999. Survey. This is the site of the former late-nineteenth century pumping station which was latterly operated by Southend Waterworks Co. It is a red brick single-storey building with a double range of grey slate roofs and stone vergeboards, string course and plinth coping. The cornice under the eaves is of moulded brick. There is a central forward gable, the round-headed doorway has a keystone and there is a semi-circular fanlight above the wooden door. All windows are sash, the lower half having no glazing bars, the upper half is arched at the top and has glazing bars. These are within red brick arches with stone imposts at the string course level and stone cills. Internally there are four cast iron support columns and three central columns each with octagonal lower stems, circular upper stems and fluted capitals. Roof trusses are metal. The building is currently used as a Christian Fellowship Hall. The building has been adapted to new uses and no internal features survive. Although only two small-scale nineteenth-century pump houses were identified during the survey, this example merely retains its shell. In the context of the water industry, this building is of insufficient interest to merit listing. De-list. Currently in use and well maintained. A low-level record comprising photography and textual analysis should be undertaken in advance of major works. <2>