Chimney at Works and Services Depot of York City Council is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1983. Chimney. 1 related planning application.

Chimney at Works and Services Depot of York City Council

WRENN ID
ghost-arch-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
York
Constituency
York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1983
Type
Chimney
Address
Chimney at Works and Services Depot of York City Council, Foss Islands Road, YO31 7UL
OS grid reference
SE 610 519
Coordinates
53.96032, -1.07144
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The chimney at the Works and Services Depot of York City Council is a Grade II listed structure built around 1890. It is a refuse destructor chimney made of red brick laid in English bond and English garden-wall bond, with a cream brick necking and an ashlar base. The chimney features a tapering octagonal shaft that has a moulded base resting on a moulded plinth. Above this, there is corbelled brick necking beneath a moulded cornice and a flat cap.

Local climate

Chimney at Works and Services Depot of York City Council receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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