Pumping Engine House 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. A C19 Engine house. 1 related planning application.
Pumping Engine House at Alexandra Dock
- WRENN ID
- peeling-vestry-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull East MP: Karl Turner (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1990
- Type
- Engine house
- Address
- Pumping Engine House at Alexandra Dock, Hedon Road
- OS grid reference
- TA 127 291
- Coordinates
- 53.74627, -0.29175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pumping engine house at Alexandra Dock, built between 1880 and 1885, is a single-storey structure made of red brick with ashlar dressings and slate roofs, which feature a ventilator. The building has a chamfered ashlar plinth, rusticated quoins, and a moulded eaves band. It has a rectangular plan and consists of nine windows across the front and three bays on the south side, defined by pilaster strips.
On the east front, there are four tall round-headed windows on the left, which are now blocked. To their right, there is a large round-headed doorway that is partially blocked, followed by a blocked tall window and another round-headed doorway with double plank doors. To the right of this doorway, there are two tall round-headed windows. The west front features six round-headed windows flanked by single doors, with the left door being six-panelled and the right door round-headed. Further to the right, there are two additional round-headed windows. The south side has three tall round-headed windows, which are also now blocked.
Local climate
Pumping Engine House at Alexandra Dock receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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