Description

NZ35SE HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING STONYGATE
5/66
Pumping station and
attached outbuildings

G.V. II

Engine house. 1890 by J.E. Wolfe, resident engineer for Sunderland and South
Shields Water Company. English bond brick and terracotta; roof of plain tiles.
Basement and one high storey : 3 bays x 7. North elevation : central double
door, half-glazed, in large round-headed opening containing semi-circular fan-
light and bevelled glass panels surrounding door; porch of tall free-standing
columns of pink granite,on corniced brick plinths, supporting frieze, cornice and
blocking course; 2 tall round-headed sash windows flank door; angle buttresses.
Plinth, cill string and impost string. Dentilled brick cornice supports modillions
under wide eaves of hipped roof. Small hip under rectangular louvred ventilator
with ogee-hipped roof on columns and 2 decorative metal finials. Outbuilding to
rear : 6 bays x 5, all windows round-headed; a 3-bay arcade at centre south;
double-span roof to 5 west bays has raised glass ventilators, ridge at right-
angles over 6th bay has decorative tiles.

Listing NGR: NZ3542251742

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26480337

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)