Sewer Ventilation Column at Palmerston Road is a Grade II listed building in the Sutton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 2020. Sewer ventilation column.

Sewer Ventilation Column at Palmerston Road

WRENN ID
vast-landing-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sutton
Constituency
Carshalton and Wallington MP: Bobby Dean (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 2020
Type
Sewer ventilation column
Address
Sewer Ventilation Column at Palmerston Road, 24 Palmerston Road, Carshalton, SM5 2JZ
OS grid reference
TQ 279 649
Coordinates
51.36932, -0.16308
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sewer ventilation column, built between 1896 and 1903, is located on the east side at the end of Palmerston Road. It was constructed by W Macfarlane & Co as part of a sewerage scheme designed by Baldwin Latham.

This cast-iron structure consists of multiple components and stands approximately 9 meters tall. It features a pedestal, a moulded base, and an enriched capital. The column is made up of two lengths of pipe connected by a flanged joint. Atop the capital is an ornate arrow that helps orient the vent into the wind or indicates the line of the sewer. Above this is a ball fitting with four circular vents, a filigree crown, and a finial. The shaft is moulded with the heavily-overpainted maker’s name ‘W MACFARLANE & CO GLASGOW’.

Local climate

Sewer Ventilation Column at Palmerston Road 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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