Hydraulic Plant House and Accumulator Tower to East of Engine House at Edge Hill Station is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1974. Industrial.

Hydraulic Plant House and Accumulator Tower to East of Engine House at Edge Hill Station

WRENN ID
endless-pavement-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Wavertree MP: Paula Barker (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 October 1974
Type
Industrial
Address
Hydraulic Plant House and Accumulator Tower to East of Engine House at Edge Hill Station, Tunnel Road, L7 6ND
OS grid reference
SJ 371 899
Coordinates
53.40261, -2.94627
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The hydraulic plant house and adjoining accumulator tower, located to the east of the engine house at Edge Hill Station, were built in 1882 for the Edge Hill Gridiron. The structure is made of stone and consists of three bays, featuring rustication up to the sill level, along with a frieze and cornice at the top. It has round-headed windows with false arches and faceted keystones. The central entrance is also round-headed, with a false arch and rounded faceted keystone. The windows are small-paned iron casements. The accumulator tower to the east is constructed of brick and has an iron cornice, with clasping pilasters. It features a round-headed entrance on the north side, which has a round opening above it.

Local climate

Hydraulic Plant House and Accumulator Tower to East of Engine House at Edge Hill Station sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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