Pump House, Bristol
The Pump House is an historic pub in Hotwells on Bristol Harbour, Bristol, England. It is a grade II listed building.
Building
Originally known as the Cumberland Basin Hydraulic Engine House, the Pump House was constructed around 1870 by Thomas Howard to house a hydraulic pump that powered bridges and lock gates around the harbour. It was replaced by the current Hydraulic engine house at Underfall Yard in 1888. and is now a public house and restaurant.It is built of Pennant rubble bricks, with limestone dressings and a roof made from pantiles. The main building is one storey high, 4 windows across. In addition, there is a two-story accumulator tower to the left hand side of the building. The dressings include pronounced quoins, jambs and voussoirs. The entrance is a wide elliptical-arch, which would have been large enough for carriages, and there is a large semicircular-arched window to the left of the entrance. The right-hand section of the building is set back slightly and has a small semicircular-arched doorway with a narrow window above. The accumulator tower has its own semicircular-arched doorway, and narrow window above. At the top of the tower, there is a wrought-iron weather vane, and on the left side there is a large arrowslit. The building was designated a grade II listed building on 18 February 1972.