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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