University of London Boathouse is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1999. Boathouse. 5 related planning applications.
University of London Boathouse
- WRENN ID
- hidden-garret-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hounslow
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1999
- Type
- Boathouse
- Address
- University of London Boathouse, 81, Hartington Road, W4 3TU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 198 772
- Coordinates
- 51.48169, -0.27508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The University of London Boathouse, built in 1936 by Thompson and Walford, is a notable structure featuring a reinforced concrete frame and flat concrete roofs, with the shuttering clearly visible on the south elevation. It is a single-storey building with first and second floors above. The boathouse has Crittall metal frame windows, except in the bar, lounge, and upper floor flat, where they have been replaced with plastic or timber.
At the lower level, there are ten entrances to the boathouse, each fitted with rolling shutter doors, and it includes an eight-oar rowing tank. Above this, there is a single-storey lounge and bar that features a tubular steel rail to the roof. The rear and side of the building contain a gym, changing rooms, and offices, which also have a simple tubular steel rail to the roof. A paved terrace sits over the boathouses, equipped with a tubular steel rail, and there is an upper floor apartment. Access is provided by an external stair on the south elevation and from the north end of the terrace to the ground floor.
Local climate
University of London Boathouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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