Hampton Waterworks, The Beam and Store Buildings to the West of the Beam is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 December 1968. Waterworks building.

Hampton Waterworks, The Beam and Store Buildings to the West of the Beam

WRENN ID
little-passage-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Constituency
Twickenham MP: Munira Wilson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 December 1968
Type
Waterworks building
OS grid reference
TQ 134 695
Coordinates
51.41319, -0.37025
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hampton Waterworks includes the Beam and Store Buildings, which were constructed between 1853 and 1855 by the engineer Joseph Quick and later extended in 1881-1882 by Alexander Frazer. Originally, there were two separate engine houses known as 'The Beam' at the west end and 'The Bull' at the east end, named after the types of engines they housed. Both engine houses are of equal height, but their facades are designed to appear as if they are two storeys for 'The Bull' and three storeys for 'The Beam'. In 1881, a lower single-storey range was added between the two engine houses. The entire group is built from Gault brick, featuring stucco cornices and some stucco window dressings on 'The Bull'. 'The Bull' once had a chimney stack at the front, which has since been removed down to the level of the engine house parapet.

Local climate

Hampton Waterworks, The Beam and Store Buildings to the West of the Beam 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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