Chimney to West of Boiler House at Ryhope Pumping Station is a Grade II* listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1974. Chimney.

Chimney to West of Boiler House at Ryhope Pumping Station

WRENN ID
sunken-timber-brook
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1974
Type
Chimney
Address
Chimney to West of Boiler House at Ryhope Pumping Station, Stockton Road
OS grid reference
NZ 403 524
Coordinates
54.86526, -1.37269
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The chimney located to the west of the boiler house at Ryhope Pumping Station is a water pumping station chimney built between 1866 and 1869. It was designed by Hawksley for the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company. The structure is made of brick and features cast-iron cresting. A high panelled corniced plinth supports a tall, tapered octagonal chimney that is topped with a prominent cornice and ornamental cresting.

Local climate

Chimney to West of Boiler House at Ryhope Pumping Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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