Hydraulic Engine House And Tower At Alexandra Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1990. Engine house, tower. 1 related planning application.

Hydraulic Engine House And Tower At Alexandra Dock

WRENN ID
ruined-lantern-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1990
Type
Engine house, tower
Source
Historic England listing

Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA12NW HEDON ROAD 680-1/9/152 (South side (off)) 16/08/90 Hydraulic engine house and tower at Alexandra Dock

GV II

Hydraulic engine house and tower. 1880-85. Red brick with ashlar dressings and hipped and gabled slate roofs. Chamfered ashlar plinth and rusticated quoins, moulded eaves band. South front, to left, has a single bay block with a tall round-headed window and a hipped roof with ventilator lantern. To left, a further block, 3 windows, with a large central round-headed doorway flanked by single tall round-headed windows, and and a pyramidal roof with a ventilator lantern. Beyond, a wide block, 3 windows, with an off-centre round-headed doorway flanked by single tall round-headed windows. Beyond again, a single bay block with a large round-headed doorway with double plank doors and hipped roof with ventilator lantern. At the north-west corner, a 4 storey tower with rusticated quoins. The west front has 2 single round-headed windows, and above a moulded cornice, a blind attic storey topped with a pyramidal roof. Below, a large round-headed doorway. Built to provide hydraulic power for operating the lock gates to Alexandra Dock.

Listing NGR: TA1270829219

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