Pavilion and Railings to Water Reservoir Railings to Water Reservoir is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Pavilion, railings.
Pavilion and Railings to Water Reservoir Railings to Water Reservoir
- WRENN ID
- tall-iron-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1999
- Type
- Pavilion, railings
- Address
- Pavilion and Railings to Water Reservoir Railings to Water Reservoir, the Grove
- OS grid reference
- TQ 282 873
- Coordinates
- 51.57076, -0.15058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pavilion and railings to the water reservoir, located on Highgate West Hill, were built around 1845 for the New River Company. The pavilion is constructed of brick with painted stucco, featuring wooden eaves and a cast-iron finial on a felt roof. It has eight engaged pilasters above a tall plinth and was designed to service the New River Company's water reservoir, which the company acquired in 1844.
The railings are made of cast iron, adorned with spearhead finials on the standards, and are set into a moulded cast-iron kerb on a brick plinth. Each seventeenth upright is topped with a large lotus flower terminal. There is a secondary lower row of uprights positioned between the main posts, complete with coping. These railings were installed around the New River water reservoir and consist of two sections: one along Highgate West Hill and another along The Grove. The southernmost section was replaced with wooden railings in the early 1990s and is not of interest.
Local climate
Pavilion and Railings to Water Reservoir Railings to Water Reservoir 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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