Wheel House at Misters Liberty's Printworks is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1976. Manufacturing building. 1 related planning application.

Wheel House at Misters Liberty's Printworks

WRENN ID
ragged-loggia-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Merton
Constituency
Mitcham and Morden MP: Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 February 1976
Type
Manufacturing building
Address
Wheel House at Misters Liberty's Printworks, Station Road Sw19, SW19 2RD
OS grid reference
TQ 264 698
Coordinates
51.4134, -0.18373
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wheel house at Messrs Liberty's Printworks is a building from the 18th century, located in Merton, London. It is constructed of brown brick and features a low-pitched pantile roof that slopes down to the eaves. The gable end faces the road, and on the right side, there is a 19th-century undershut wheel that is exposed, showcasing four sets of seven cast iron arms. This printworks is situated on part of the site of Merton Priory and has been used for textile printing for the past two centuries. The wheel house was specifically utilized for washing materials in the River Wandle during part of the textile processing.

Local climate

Wheel House at Misters Liberty's Printworks 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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