Listed Building record TQ 64 NW 230 - PUMP HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH EAST OF THE OLD FARMHOUSE, STYLE PLACE

Summary

A pump house at Style Place Brewery which was constructed circa 1886-88 and worked a nearby artesian well which is thought to be the first tube-bored artesian well in Kent. It is approximately 860 feet down to the Thames aquefer and was dug to serve the brewery.The building is a tower-like structure, square on plan, with a round-headed opening on the southwest side, and small openings at ground level on the other three sides. It is built of brick in an irregular mixture of red and ochre-yellow brick, although the colours are used deliberately on the cornices and window heads. Part of the structure was repaired following damage from the GreatStorm of 1987

Location

Grid reference TQ 64635 49023 (point)
Map sheet TQ64NW
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish HADLOW, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

May 21 2024 12:12PM