Pump House Gallery

It is a former pump house for the adjacent boating lake, and is the only Grade II listed building in the park.

The pump house was built in 1861 by James and William Simpson, in order to supply water to the 15-acre boating lake.

[1] The boating lake was a key feature of Battersea Park, designed in the 1850s by James Pennethorne.

[2] It is built of English bond brown brick with rusticated quoin strips and stucco dressings, and has a hipped Welsh slate roof.

[5] The gallery features contemporary art exhibitions, and includes a gift shop.