Ruston is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 December 1968. Waterworks.

Ruston

WRENN ID
stubborn-tin-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Constituency
Twickenham MP: Munira Wilson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 December 1968
Type
Waterworks
Address
Ruston, Upper Sunbury Road
OS grid reference
TQ 135 694
Coordinates
51.41294, -0.36894
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ruston is a building constructed between 1853 and 1855 by engineer Joseph Quick for the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company. An additional western block was added in 1881-82 by JW, who later became Sir James Restler. The original section is a square, single-storey building made of gault brick, featuring round-headed windows and pilasters. A square tower is located at the center, which has two stages of arcading. The western part is two storeys high and includes similar architectural details, such as a lower rusticated basement with segmental-headed windows and a taller first floor with arcaded windows and pilasters. The building features cast-iron glazing bars throughout and has a stone balustrade on both the original and later sections.

Local climate

Ruston 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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