Two Norfolk 'engineering marvels' among top ten most endangered buildings
The Trowse Sewage Pumping Stations in Bracondale are on a list of threatened buildings put together by the Victorian Society
Two Norfolk buildings, said to be 'engineering marvels', are on a list of sites in the UK said to be most as risk of demolition.
The Trowse Sewage Pumping Stations in Bracondale, Norwich, are on the The Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered buildings list for 2023.
The site opened in 1869 and was designed to deal with the issue of raw sewage being dumped into the rivers of Victorian Norwich.
It includes a complex of sewage pumping stations, boiler houses, workshops and engine houses - one built in 1869, the other in 1909.
The site was last used as a furniture workshop but is now derelict.
It is considered unique due to its ornate Italianate style, with most of the buildings remaining close to their original 1860s condition.
Griff Rhys Jones, Victorian Society President said: “These are truly exciting buildings."
"Pumping stations show the very best of Victorian practicality and simplicity of design and these are no exception."
"What great spaces they are. They need imagination and flair."
"This part of Norwich is a conservation area and its municipal buildings, the local pub and other structures all form an indelible part of its social history.”
The Society have also included Liverpool Street Station and the former Great Eastern Hotel in London on the 2023 list of Endangered Buildings.
Nominated buildings are all at risk of destruction or substantial change - all were built between 1837 and 1914.