Sewer Vent At Western End Of Chelsea Bridge 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 At Western End Of Chelsea Bridge
- WRENN ID
- silent-stronghold-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1995
- Type
- Sewer vent
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The following building shall be added:
TQ 2677 SE CHELSEA EMBANKMENT (south side) 249-/62/10041 Sewer vent at western end of Chelsea Bridge
GV II
Sewer vent. 1874 for the Metropolitan Board of Works, George Vulliamy supervising architect to the northern outfall sewer extension engineered by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and opened that year. Cast iron columns of great height to draw off vapours from the sewer and distribute their foul odours high above the embankment. Tri-partitie composition. Tapering fluted lower section above a quarter-circle moulding with an arch and arrow motif, and below a cable moulding, lotus leaf frieze, and embossed upper band. The 15' shaft sports three moulded bands, and the coved terminal is capped with trefoil-pierced cresting. The base bears a plaque with the inscription J STONES AND CO/ ENGINEERS/ DEPTFORD. LONDON SE, and also a removable cover on the other side, similarly inscribed. Included as a distinctive element of a major engineering achievement.
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