Hackney Borough Disinfecting Station is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1995. Disinfection station. 1 related planning application.
Hackney Borough Disinfecting Station
- WRENN ID
- over-threshold-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP: Ms Diane Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1995
- Type
- Disinfection station
- Address
- Hackney Borough Disinfecting Station, Millfields Road, E5 0AL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 358 862
- Coordinates
- 51.55846, -0.04116
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hackney Borough Disinfecting Station is a Grade II listed single-storey building constructed in red brick with stone dressing. Designed by Gordon and Gunton for Hackney Borough Council, it features twin gables separated by a stack and has two large Diocletian windows in the principal rooms, one of which has a modern steel shutter. The roof is tiled and concreted. Inside, the walls are lined with white glazed tiles and have a coloured cornice band.
This building was established by the Public Health Committee, led by Hackney's Chief Medical Officer J. King Warry M.D., under the authority of the Local Government Act of 1899. The steam-cleaning operations were powered by the Borough Electricity Station located next door. The Hackney Borough Disinfecting Station is a rare and complete example of a purpose-built disinfecting station.
Local climate
Hackney Borough Disinfecting Station sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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