Former Well Station of Thames Water Authority is a Grade II listed building in the Enfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1975. Former well station.
Former Well Station of Thames Water Authority
- WRENN ID
- inner-merlon-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Enfield
- Constituency
- Enfield North MP: Feryal Clark (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1975
- Type
- Former well station
- Address
- Former Well Station of Thames Water Authority, Lea Valley Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 364 957
- Coordinates
- 51.64366, -0.02947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Well Station of Thames Water Authority, built around 1900, is a picturesque structure designed in a vernacular revival style. It features a main range with a cross-wing and a lower range that extends as a catslide beyond the end of the main range. The building has a tall storey made of pale brick, accented with darker brick pilasters, a band, and dressings, which sits atop a basement with a row of small round windows. This upper storey supports an oversailing half-timbered attic, which is held up by long timber brackets and has a tiled roof. The attic storey includes 17th century style casements and roughcast filling. The main floor consists of seven bays with large windows that are almost touching; five on the right above the basement are square-headed, mullioned, and transomed, while the left side features a floor-length, round-headed glazed opening. A large door on the right side rises to the height of the jetty. The building is currently being used for artificial recharge.
Local climate
Former Well Station of Thames Water Authority sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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