Boughton Pumping Station was a water pumping station

Pumping station

Pumping stations are facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. They are used for a variety of infrastructure systems, such as the supply of water to canals, the drainage of low-lying land, and the removal of sewage to processing sites.A pumping station...

 near New Ollerton in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, operating from 1905.

History

Boughton Pumping Station was built in 1905. It was commissioned by the Nottingham Corporation Water Department

City of Nottingham Water Department

The City of Nottingham Water Department , formerly the Nottingham Corporation Water Department , was responsible for the supply of water to Nottingham from 1880 to 1974.-Original Nottingham Waterworks Company:...

. It was capable of pumping 20 million impgals (90,921.8 m³) per day through 15¾ miles of 30-inch pipe. There were two Manhattan-type triple-expansion steam engines from Ashton Frost of Blackburn, with standby 130 HP Davy horizontal engine

Stationary steam engine

Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation. They are distinct from locomotive engines used on railways, traction engines for heavy steam haulage on roads, steam cars , agricultural engines used for ploughing or...

 and a triple-expansion engine by Fairburn, Lawson, Combe and Barbour.

It passed into the hands of Severn Trent Water. By 1980 it was obsolete and in need of major maintenance. In 1988 it was affected by mining subsidence.

A consortium secured funding to restore the buildings, and by 2002 the works were complete and it was being run by the Boughton Pumping Station Partnership Trust.

Current use

Boughton Pumping Station was privately bought by Horizon Investments in April 2010 and relaunched as Blackburn House, after the original Blackburn Engines, which enabled it to pump water from its well below.

Blackburn House is available as a beautiful Wedding venue, Office Lets, Conferences, Private Parties, Christenings and other such functions.

With a stunning make-over the venue has now launched Blackburn House Restaurant, which is avilable for lunch everyday, and evening Wednesday through till Saturday. Blackburn House offers a beautiful carvery on a Sunday, opening from 12 noon till 7pm.

Sunday Carvery £8.95
Senior Citizens £7.95
Children £4.50
Under 3's Eat Free

www.blackburn-house.com