Building MPM1850 - Farlington Pumping Station

Former pumping station built in 1905. Drayton Basin, an oval brick lined reservoir constructed in 1812, was located next to the station in the area now occupied by Solent School. [1]

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The pumping station housed a centrifugal pump. It is a single storey red brick building with blue brick details and round headed windows. A small brick building of similar style adjacent to the pumping station houses a sample point still in use by Portsmouth Water. Drayton Basin was the first reservoir on Portsdown Hill to store water for use on Portsea Island. [2]

<1> Moore, Pamela (ed), 1984, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Bibliographic reference). SPM470.

<2> Trent & Peak Archaeological Unit, 2000, Monuments Protection Programme Water and Sewage Industry: Site Assessment (Unpublished document). SPM556.