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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NW 221
Type of record:Building
Name:FORSTAL PUMPING STATION

Summary

FORSTAL PUMPING STATION built 1829

Summary from record TQ 75 NW 170:

Water pumping station constructed in 1892 by the Maidstone Wateworks Company to supply the higher areas of Maidstone. All buildings apart from the pump house (a listed building) have been demolished

Grid Reference:TQ 73918 58743
Map Sheet:TQ75NW
Parish:BOXLEY, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:

Listing NGR: TQ7738059871

The building was granted a Certificate of Immunity on 17/06/1999 which was revoked on 16/06/2004. (1)


Description from record TQ 75 NW 170:
Water pumping station constructed in 1892 by the Maidstone Wateworks Company to supply the higher areas of Maidstone. All buildings apart from the pump house (mke29858) have been demolished.
(1) 1860-1960 A Century of Service, Maidstone Waterworks Company (1960). (2)


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

<2> Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication.