Former Lambeth Waterworks Muniments Building is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 2003. Muniments building.
Former Lambeth Waterworks Muniments Building
- WRENN ID
- open-panel-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton MP: Ed Davey (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 2003
- Type
- Muniments building
- Address
- Former Lambeth Waterworks Muniments Building, Seething Wells Hall of Residence, Kingston University, Portsmouth Road, Surbiton, KT6 5PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 172 672
- Coordinates
- 51.39251, -0.31572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Lambeth Waterworks Muniments Building is a structure dating from 1850 to 1852, designed by James Simpson in a Romanesque style. Originally built as a muniments building for the Lambeth Waterworks, it is now used as a store. The building is constructed of stock brick in English bond, featuring sandstone dressings and a hipped slate roof with a moulded sandstone cornice. It is a single storey with a layout of nine bays along the long sides and three bays at each end.
On the north east elevation, there are three large recessed panels, each containing three round-headed arches with Diocletian windows, along with sandstone impost blocks and plinths. The second and fifth openings from the left have round-headed doorcases with double wooden doors and built-in fanlights. The south west elevation mirrors this design but includes one doorcase in the second arch from the left. Each end elevation also features a similar panel with three Diocletian windows.
Inside, the roof is supported by metal trusses. In 1995, the building became part of a hall of residence complex for Kingston University.
Local climate
Former Lambeth Waterworks Muniments Building 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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