Building record MLI92978 - Gayton Engine Pumping House, Gayton le Marsh

Summary

A drainage pumping station built in about 1850.

Type and Period (2)

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Full Description

A drainage pumping station built in about 1850, which was constructed of red brick and has slate and corrugated iron roofs with overhanging eaves. The building is single-storey, and has a cross-shaped plan form with raller engine house. The main front has the projecting engine house gable with large round-headed window with glazing bars, flanked either side by similar smaller windows also with glazing bars, beyond to the left a pair of large plank doors. The rear front has a further single round headed window to the projecting engine house. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {1}{2} The pumping house was built to lift water from the surrounding marshy farmland into the Great Eau. The original steam engine was replaced by a Petter 2-stroke ex-marine diesel engine powering a 27" pump in 1945. This was later replaced by an electric pumping station on the Great Eau closer to the sea. {3} Gayton Engine Pumping House was accidentally listed twice. The duplicate listing was revoked in 2011, but the structure remains listed under NHLE entry 1063090. {4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1986. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/53.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1063090.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Neil R. Wright. 2004. Lincolnshire's Industrial Heritage - A Guide. EL21, p.19.
  •  Unpublished Document: English Heritage / Historic England. 2008->. Advice Report from a Heritage Asset Assessment. Case No.171254.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 45629 87987 (13m by 11m) Surveyed
Civil Parish GAYTON LE MARSH, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Sep 26 2024 10:40AM

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