Ventilating Pipe to Former Public Conveniences is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1995. Ventilating pipe. 1 related planning application.
Ventilating Pipe to Former Public Conveniences
- WRENN ID
- sharp-cupola-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham North MP: Vicky Foxcroft (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 1995
- Type
- Ventilating pipe
- Address
- Ventilating Pipe to Former Public Conveniences, New Cross Road, SE14 5HU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 357 768
- Coordinates
- 51.47442, -0.04638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a ventilating pipe that was installed as part of public conveniences in 1897 by George Jennings, a sanitary engineer, for the Greenwich District Board of Works on behalf of the Vestry of St Paul's, Deptford. This central ventilating column features an Egyptian pattern and was produced by Macfarlane's Castings of Glasgow, based on a design by the architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson for six lamp standards outside his Egyptian Halls. These lamp standards were erected without authority and demolished in 1871. This ventilating pipe is one of only two known examples of this design; the other is located in Clifton Rise, New Cross, but is not in its original location. The pipe served to extract foul gases from the lavatories below, which could be burnt off by the gas mantle at the top. The cast-iron ventilation shaft is listed for its special interest due to its unusual Egyptian pattern and its connection to a prominent Scottish architect. The ventilation columns in New Cross are the only works associated with Thomson in England.
Local climate
Ventilating Pipe to Former Public Conveniences 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 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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