Building record 2644/1 - Dock Road Pumping Station, Northwich

Sewage pump house built c 1910. Rustic brick with blue-brick and ashlar dressings; flat roof behind crenellated parapet. Circular, single storey. Doorway faces Weir Street & has boarded double doors on strap hinges. Seven 8-pane windows around building. Building houses two 3 cylinder by Hayward Tyler. Machinery dates from 1910 and was originally gas-fuelled. Full archit. descrip (1). Site is a rare example of a gas-powered pumping station for sewage treatment and is probably unique in having the machinery in situ and operational. The machinery was restored in the late 1980s. Civic Trust in the North West produced a Management Report in 1991 on behalf of NW Water (2). Sewage pump house built c 1910. Rustic brick with blue-brick and ashlar dressings; flat roof behind crenellated parapet. Circular, single storey. Doorway faces Weir Street & has boarded double doors on strap hinges. Seven 8-pane windows around building. Building houses two 3 cylinder by Hayward Tyler. Machinery dates from 1910 and was originally gas-fuelled. Full archit. descrip (1).
Site is a rare example of a gas-powered pumping station for sewage treatment and is probably unique in having the machinery in situ and operational. The machinery was restored in the late 1980s. Civic Trust in the North West produced a Management Report in 1991 on behalf of NW Water (2).
Intact small sewage pumphouse of 1910, complete with original diesel engines and pumps built for Northwich Urban District Council. It has been preserved as a visitor centre by North West Water. A small single storey, circular brick building, built in a Gothic Revival style. Contains the original pair of Crossley gas engines and Hayward Tyler 3-cylinder gas-fired pumps. One of three listed pumping stations with original pumping engines. Site graded to be of clear national importance with appropriate statutory protection. Retains Listed Building Status Grade II (in 2000) and earmarked for possible scheduling (3).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 60/21A (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Civic Trust in the North West, 1991, Dock Road Pumping Station (Book). SCH1057.

<3> Trueman. M, 2000, MPP Water and Sewage Industry Step Report 3, appendix A (Report). SCH4346.