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The Pumping House
{{coord, 53.21613, -1.00143, region:GB_type:landmark, display=title Buildings and structures in Nottinghamshire Infrastructure completed in 1905 Grade II listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Newark and Sherwood Water supply and sanitation in England Water supply pumping stations 1905 establishments in England
Boughton Pumping Station was a water pumping station
Pumping stations, also called pumphouses in situations such as well drilling, drilled wells and drinking water, are facilities containing pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. They are used for a variety of infrastru ...
near New Ollerton
Ollerton and Boughton is a civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The main settlements are the town of Ollerton and the villages of New Ollerton and Boughton. The civil parish was formed in 1996, when the ...
in Nottinghamshire
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, operating from 1905. After closure it became a commercial hospitality venue.
History
Situated on the edge of Sherwood Forest, Boughton Pumping Station opened in 1905 together with an associated Superintendent’s house and five workers' cottages. The Blackburn Engine House, the main pumphouse, was designed byWilliam Beedham Starr
William Beedham Starr JP (1865- 2 November 1953) was an architect based in Nottingham.
History
He was born in 1865 in Quorndon, Leicestershire to Thomas Starr (1832-1918) and Arabella Beedham (1833-1921). He married Emily Ida Kirkness in 1890 ...
which included a tall brick chimney. The Pumphouse was commissioned by the Nottingham Corporation Water Department and was capable of pumping 20 million imperial gallons (91,000 m3) per day through of pipe from the underground sandstone Aquifer. There were two Manhattan-type triple-expansion steam engine
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s from Ashton Frost of Blackburn, with standby Davy horizontal engine and triple-expansion engine by Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour
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.
The Pumping Station later passed into the hands of Severn Trent Water
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. The engine house was listed as Grade II in 1974. By 1980 it was obsolete and in need of major repair. In 1988 the uncertain future of the building worsened when it suffered from mining subsidence. Boughton Pumping Station Partnership Trust secured funding to restore the buildings and by 1998 the works were complete.
Since its completion in 1998 the Station was operated as a Business Centre by different owners including Boughton Pumping Station Trust, Nottinghamshire County Council and NE Group.
In April 2010 it was privately purchased by Horizon Investments and re-launched as Blackburn House, named after the original Blackburn Engines which pumped the water from underground to supply the City of Nottingham.
A planning application to convert the building into nine one-bedroom and two-bedroom flats was submitted by Aldred Developments to Newark and Sherwood District Council
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in 2016.
The Pumping Station was repurposed by new owners in 2016 into a new venue for weddings, corporate and private events.
See also
*Bestwood Pumping Station
Bestwood Pumping Station was a water pumping station operating in Nottinghamshire from 1874 until 1964.
History
Bestwood Pumping Station was built between 1871 and 1874 on land belonging to William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans. It was comm ...
*Papplewick Pumping Station
Papplewick Pumping Station, situated in open agricultural land approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) by road from the Nottinghamshire village of Papplewick, was built by Nottingham Corporation Water Department between 1881 and 1884 to pump water ...
* Listed buildings in Ollerton and Boughton
References
External links
The Pumping House
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