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

Sewer Ventilation Column at Meadow Road

WRENN ID
winter-shingle-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sutton
Constituency
Carshalton and Wallington MP: Bobby Dean (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 2020
Type
Ventilation column
Address
Sewer Ventilation Column at Meadow Road, Junction of Meadow Road and Westmead Road (South-Western Side), Carshalton, SM1 4JP
OS grid reference
TQ 270 645
Coordinates
51.36614, -0.1759
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sewer ventilation column, built between 1896 and 1903, is situated on the west side of the junction of Meadow Road with Westmead Road. It was constructed by W Macfarlane & Co as part of a sewerage scheme designed by Baldwin Latham.

This cast-iron structure stands approximately 9 meters high and features a pedestal, a moulded base, and an enriched capital. The column consists of two joined 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 decorative 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 Meadow 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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