A major £500,000 restoration project has been completed at Papplewick Pumping Station allowing it to be removed from the Heritage at Risk Register.
The ornate pumping station, built between 1882-86 in the Gothic Revival style, provided clean water to Nottingham until it was decommissioned in 1969. It remains the only pumping station in England to still have all its original features, including machinery and the reservoir.
The Grade II* listed Engine House has stunning interiors, with images of fish and water lilies decorating tiles and stained-glass windows. These features are remarkable given the station was rarely visited by anyone other than workers.
Historic England’s grant of £9,450 in 2021 helped identify repair needs and inform a successful £518,000 grant from Arts Council England’s Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) in early 2023.
Repair works to the Boiler House’s chimney, the Engine House porch and the listed flanking walls were completed last winter.
