Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21257 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post medieval pumping station |
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Summary
This post medieval pumping station stands in Hillington Park (NHER 30512). It is a brick building with a stone slab roof and contains an iron water wheel and a pumping system. It is located at an angle in the Babingley River and pumped water to a reservoir which supplied Hillington Hall (NHER 3508).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7239 2629 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72NW |
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| Parish: | HILLINGTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1985. Visit.
Waterwheel. Brick building with stone slab roof, in two compartments, at angle of river. Iron water wheel in one compartment, has shaft to second compartment where large cog wheel turns smaller attached to three pistons, above which is ogival tank. Embossed EASTON & A..OS ENGINEERS LONDON and said to be over 100 years old. Pumped water to reservoir south of hall against road, from where the house was fed by gravity. Disused, but kept oiled.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 April 1985
A hydraulic ram from the park, made by Blakes, is in the collection of member of the public [1]. Not certain if it comes from this spot.
E. Rose (NLA), 12 August 1994.
Monument Types
- HYDRAULIC RAM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PUMPING STATION (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records
| 30512 | Part of: Hillington Park (Monument) |