Western Pumping Station is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1970. Sewage pumping station. 7 related planning applications.

Western Pumping Station

WRENN ID
late-quoin-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1970
Type
Sewage pumping station
Address
Western Pumping Station, 124, Grosvenor Road Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1V 4BE
OS grid reference
TQ 286 779
Coordinates
51.486, -0.14805
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Western Pumping Station is a sewage pumping station built in 1875. It is constructed of yellow brick with stone dressings and features a copper roof. The building has channelled stone at the ground floor and is a freestanding block. It stands two storeys tall and is eight windows wide, with a cornice above the ground floor. The ground floor windows are square-headed, while the first floor windows are segmental with stone surrounds. The windows are sashes with glazing bars. A stone console cornice is present, and the roof is a convex French style mansard covered in copper scales, featuring four oval louvres on the front facade and metal cresting. The returns of the building have a similar treatment.

Local climate

Western Pumping Station 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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