Crossness Pumping Station

Crossness Pumping Station
Western exterior of the Crossness Pumping Station
LocationCrossness Sewage Treatment Works
London, SE2
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′33″N 0°08′18″E / 51.509142°N 0.138418°E / 51.509142; 0.138418
OS grid referenceTQ4849781080
Built1859–1865
ArchitectsCharles Henry Driver and Joseph Bazalgette
Architectural style(s)Romanesque
OwnerThames Water
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated24 June 1970
Reference no.1064241
Crossness Pumping Station is located in London Borough of Bexley
Crossness Pumping Station
Location of Crossness Pumping Station in London Borough of Bexley

The Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by the Metropolitan Board of Works's chief engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette and architect Charles Henry Driver. It is located at Crossness Sewage Treatment Works, at the eastern end of the Southern Outfall Sewer and the Ridgeway path in the London Borough of Bexley. Constructed between 1859 and 1865 by William Webster, as part of Bazalgette's redevelopment of the London sewerage system, it features spectacular ornamental cast ironwork, that Nikolaus Pevsner described as "a masterpiece of engineering – a Victorian cathedral of ironwork".

It is adjacent to Erith Marshes, a grazing marsh, the northern part of which is designated as Crossness Nature Reserve. This provides a valuable habitat for creatures ranging from moths to small amphibians and water voles.[1]

  1. ^ "Crossness Nature Reserve". Thames Water. 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2013.