Benwell Waterworks Chimney is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Industrial. 1 related planning application.
Benwell Waterworks Chimney
- WRENN ID
- guardian-hearth-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Industrial
- Address
- Benwell Waterworks Chimney, Axwell Park View, NE15 6DP
- OS grid reference
- NZ 207 642
- Coordinates
- 54.97219, -1.67785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Benwell Waterworks Chimney is a pumping engine chimney built in 1904 for the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company, with consulting engineer Charles Hawksley and resident engineer A.L. Forster. The chimney is constructed of Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings and features an octagonal shape with classical design elements. It has a tall panelled base with a rounded moulding at the plinth, as well as a top band and cornice. This structure is included in the register for its landmark value.
Local climate
Benwell Waterworks Chimney receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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