Walls and Railings to Former Metropolitan Water Board Pumping Station; West Side of Green Lanes from K2 Kiosk North for 15 Bays; East Side of Green Lanes from Boundary with 212 Green Lanes North for 13 Bays is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 2004. Boundary wall.

Walls and Railings to Former Metropolitan Water Board Pumping Station; West Side of Green Lanes from K2 Kiosk North for 15 Bays; East Side of Green Lanes from Boundary with 212 Green Lanes North for 13 Bays

WRENN ID
inner-nave-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hackney
Constituency
Tottenham MP: Mr David Lammy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 2004
Type
Boundary wall
OS grid reference
TQ 322 868
Coordinates
51.565, -0.09299
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls and railings to the former Metropolitan Water Board pumping station were built around the 1870s for the New River Company. They are made of stock brick laid in Flemish bond, featuring blue brick plinths, stone capping, and iron railings. The walls consist of brick piers with corbelled tops and pyramidal stone caps, connected by a low brick wall with a blue brick plinth and stone cill beneath iron railings topped with spear heads. The walls run along the east and west sides of Green Lanes, with the listing covering the west side from the K2 kiosk north for 15 bays and the east side from the boundary with 212 Green Lanes north for 13 bays. A section of the wall that continues to the north has been largely rebuilt and is not included in the listing.

Historically, the pumping station was constructed between 1854 and 1856, designed by W. Chadwell Mylne in a picturesque medieval fortress style. The boundary wall and railings first appeared on a map in 1883. This site was originally home to the New River reservoirs from the 1830s, with filter beds added in 1855. The Metropolitan Water Board was established in 1902, taking over the operations of the New River Company.

This listing highlights the well-preserved Victorian brick boundary wall with iron railings, which has significant group value with the Grade II* former Engine House and Ancillary Building.

Local climate

Walls and Railings to Former Metropolitan Water Board Pumping Station; West Side of Green Lanes from K2 Kiosk North for 15 Bays; East Side of Green Lanes from Boundary with 212 Green Lanes North for 13 Bays 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 29 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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