Pump House, Bristol

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The Pump House
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The Pump House pub on Cumberland Basin, Bristol Harbour
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Location within Bristol
General information
Town or city Bristol
Country England
Coordinates 51°26′54″N2°37′04″W / 51.448344°N 2.617741°W / 51.448344; -2.617741
Completedc1870

The Pump House is an historic pub in Hotwells on Bristol Harbour, Bristol, England. It is a grade II listed building.

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Building

Originally known as the Cumberland Basin Hydraulic Engine House, [1] the Pump House was constructed around 1870 by Thomas Howard to house a hydraulic pump that powered bridges and lock gates around the harbour. [2] It was replaced by the current Hydraulic engine house at Underfall Yard in 1888. [3] [4] and is now a public house and restaurant. [1]

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. [1]

Restaurant

The building was converted into a pub, and was taken over by the current chef, Toby Gritten, on 11 July 2007. [5] [6] Around this time, the building had an extensive refurbishment, including an internal mezzanine, where the restaurant is located, a bar on the ground floor and a terrace outside. [5] Gritten won the Best Chef award at the Bristol Good Food Awards in 2013. [7]

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References

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  2. Fells, Maurice (2015). The Little Book of Bristol. The History Press. p. 37. ISBN   978-0-750-96543-9.
  3. "Cumberland Basin". Bristol City Docks. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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  6. Taylor, Mark (3 October 2014). "The Pump House, Merchants Road, Hotwells, Bristol". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  7. "Winners 2013". Bristol Good Food Awards. Retrieved 1 November 2015.