Former Engine House in Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Engine house.
Former Engine House in Recreation Ground
- WRENN ID
- lone-cornice-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Engine house
- Address
- Former Engine House in Recreation Ground, St Marychurch Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 351 797
- Coordinates
- 51.50088, -0.05447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former engine house, now a shelter, was built in 1821 and is located in a recreation ground. It is constructed of yellow stock brick and features a stone-coped parapet and plinth, although the rear has been removed. The building is single-storey and has three bays facing the street, with a wider central entranceway and two smaller window openings that have stone sills. All openings are topped with gauged brick segmental arches and are currently blind. There are square sunk panels on either side of the plaque above the entrance. The interior has not been inspected. This structure forms a pair with the former watch house, and together they flank the street front of what was once a burial ground, now a park.
Local climate
Former Engine House in Recreation Ground 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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