Sewer Vent Opposite Number 92 Cheyne Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1995. Sewer vent.
Sewer Vent Opposite Number 92 Cheyne Walk
- WRENN ID
- fading-storey-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1995
- Type
- Sewer vent
- Address
- Sewer Vent Opposite Number 92 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea Embankment
- OS grid reference
- TQ 269 774
- Coordinates
- 51.48197, -0.17379
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a sewer vent located opposite number 92 Cheyne Walk in Chelsea, built in 1874 for the Metropolitan Board of Works. The supervising architect was George Vulliamy, and it was part of the northern outfall sewer extension engineered by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, which opened that same year. The vent features tall cast iron columns designed to draw off vapours from the sewer and disperse foul odours high above the embankment. It has a tri-partite composition with a tapering fluted lower section above a quarter-circle moulding that includes an arch and arrow motif. Below this, there is a cable moulding, a lotus leaf frieze, and an embossed upper band. The 15-foot shaft has three moulded bands, and the coved terminal is topped with trefoil-pierced cresting. The base includes a plaque inscribed with "J STONES AND CO/ ENGINEERS/ DEPTFORD. LONDON SE," and there is also a removable cover on the opposite side with a similar inscription. This vent is recognized as a distinctive element of a significant engineering achievement.
Local climate
Sewer Vent Opposite Number 92 Cheyne Walk sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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