Hampton Water Works Morelands Buildings, Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 December 1968. A Victorian Engine house. 4 related planning applications.

Hampton Water Works Morelands Buildings, Engine House

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Constituency
Twickenham MP: Munira Wilson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 December 1968
Type
Engine house
Period
Victorian
Address
Hampton Water Works Morelands Buildings, Engine House, Upper Sunbury Road, TW12 2DW
OS grid reference
TQ 136 694
Coordinates
51.41284, -0.36729
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hampton Water Works Morelands Building, Engine House was constructed between 1867 and 1870, designed by engineer Joseph Quick and later extended and completed in 1885-1886 by engineer J.W., who later became Sir James Restler, for the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company. The building is made of gault brick and features a central section that is one storey high, flanked by two-storey end blocks. The central range consists of a series of blind arches with broad segmental heads, extending 15 bays in length. The projecting end blocks have an arcaded ground floor and segmental windows above the basement, with a cornice that runs the full length of the building. The windows are adorned with moulded surrounds and cast-iron honey-comb patterned glazing bars. A stand-pipe tower that was part of the original design was demolished in 1970.

Local climate

Hampton Water Works Morelands Buildings, Engine House 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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