Engine House (Pumping Station), Earlswood Lakes is a Grade II listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1976. Engine house. 4 related planning applications.
Engine House (Pumping Station), Earlswood Lakes
- WRENN ID
- endless-string-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Solihull West and Shirley MP: Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1976
- Type
- Engine house
- Address
- Engine House (Pumping Station), Earlswood Lakes, Valley Road, Tidbury Green, B94 6AD
- OS grid reference
- SP 112 743
- Coordinates
- 52.36741, -1.83549
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 19th-century engine house, originally a pumping station at Earlswood Lakes, is constructed of red brick with a low-pitched roof covered in Welsh slate, topped by a brick cornice. Gables are at each end. The building is three stories high and has two tall, narrow windows with glazing bars set beneath cambered relieving arches. A low, single-story addition is located on the southwest side. The building is listed primarily for its historical significance related to the Stratford upon Avon Canal.
Local climate
Engine House (Pumping Station), Earlswood Lakes receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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