Description

MAGDALENE STREET 1. 1133 (West Side) Old Pump House (formerly listed as No 36) ST 4938 7/80 21.6.50. II* GV 2. Probably C17. Small row of cottages with end to street rebuilt as pump-rooms in 1752. 1 storey with attic in gable. Random rubble and brick with ashlar dressings. Gable-end has quoin pilasters supporting entablature and panelled parapet. In centre is a blocked round-headed arch with rusticated quoins and voussoirs. Sides are set back and have blind windows with moulded architraves and keystones. High moulded plinth. Part of return elevation has similar treatment, but with sash windows, glazing bars and round-headed entrance with flanking pilasters and triangular pediment. Semi-circular fanlight with intersecting tracery. Double doors of 3 panels each (2 removed and glazed). West part of building retains the original 2 storeys. Painted brick. Pantile roof. 3-light casements. Blocked-up archways. This was the Pump House where chalybeate waters were drunk during Glastonbury's short-lived popularity as a spa in mid-C18. Copper Beech and Old Pump House form a good group.

Listing NGR: ST4989138680

External Links

• Wikidata Q17552731

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)