Boilerhouse Chimney at Former New End Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Chimney. 1 related planning application.
Boilerhouse Chimney at Former New End Hospital
- WRENN ID
- frozen-threshold-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1999
- Type
- Chimney
- Address
- Boilerhouse Chimney at Former New End Hospital, NW3 1JE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 264 859
- Coordinates
- 51.55822, -0.17682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This boilerhouse chimney, dating from 1898, is located on the former New End Hospital site. Designed by Keith D Young and built by Frederick Gough and Co of Hendon, it was originally part of the boiler and laundry house added to the Hampstead Workhouse Infirmary, which later became the New End Hospital, following the Cleansing of Persons Act of 1897. The chimney is constructed of red brick with Portland stone dressings. It has a rectangular plan, tapering as it rises, and features stone bands and a moulded stone cornice at the top.
The chimney is a rare surviving example of its kind in London and is the only remaining element of the original boiler and laundry house. It has considerable townscape value and a particularly strong visual group value, alongside nearby buildings including the former Workhouse Block, the Circular Ward and attached Water Tower, the Infirmary Block, and New End School. The chimney serves as a local landmark.
Local climate
Boilerhouse Chimney at Former New End Hospital sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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