Former Chelsea Waterworks Coal Store (Building No 12) is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1992. Coal store. 2 related planning applications.
Former Chelsea Waterworks Coal Store (Building No 12)
- WRENN ID
- ghost-garret-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton MP: Ed Davey (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1992
- Type
- Coal store
- Address
- Former Chelsea Waterworks Coal Store (Building No 12), Seething Wells Halls of Residence, Kingston University, Portsmouth Road, Surbiton, KT6 5PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 173 673
- Coordinates
- 51.39275, -0.31481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Chelsea Waterworks Coal Store, also known as Building No. 12, is a coal store built around 1858 by James Simpson for the Chelsea Waterworks Company. It is designed in the Italianate style and constructed of stock brick with a hipped slate roof. The main structure consists of one storey featuring twelve round-headed arches, each with keystones and impost blocks. These arches are open above and blocked below the impost level, with an impost band and plinth. The arches are set within four large recessed panels, topped with a moulded eaves cornice.
A prominent feature of the building is the square tower attached to the northwest. This tower rises in two main stages, with blind semicircular openings on the lower stage and blocked semicircular openings on the upper stage, which includes what appears to be a patent roofing system. Additionally, there is a tunnel that runs from the tower to the Coal Wharf by the Thames.
In 1995, the building became part of a hall of residence complex for Kingston University.
Local climate
Former Chelsea Waterworks Coal Store (Building No 12) 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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