Conduit Head on Waste Land at Rear of Numbers 53 to 57 (Odd) is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. Water supply structure.

Conduit Head on Waste Land at Rear of Numbers 53 to 57 (Odd)

WRENN ID
cold-chancel-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1973
Type
Water supply structure
Address
Conduit Head on Waste Land at Rear of Numbers 53 to 57 (Odd), Southend Crescent Se9
OS grid reference
TQ 436 742
Coordinates
51.44863, 0.06514
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This conduit head is a red brick structure dating from the 16th or 17th century, located on waste land at the rear of numbers 55 to 57 Southend Crescent. It features an entrance under a four-centred arch that leads into a chamber with a pointed brick vault. The south wall has arched niches, and there are four large stones embedded in the outer south wall. A passage to the northeast has a low, pointed vault and a narrow niche on the side. At the end of the passage, there is an open area with walls that have sloped coping. This conduit head was part of the old water supply system to Eltham Palace.

Local climate

Conduit Head on Waste Land at Rear of Numbers 53 to 57 (Odd) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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