Sewer ventilation column on the north side of Hawthorn Road, Carshalton 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 on the north side of Hawthorn Road, Carshalton

WRENN ID
moated-flint-bistre
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 on the north side of Hawthorn Road, Carshalton, London, SM5 3QQ
OS grid reference
TQ 271 639
Coordinates
51.36005, -0.17543
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sewer ventilation column on the north side of Hawthorn Road in Carshalton was built between 1896 and 1903. It was cast by Walter Macfarlane and Co at the Saracen Foundry in Glasgow as part of a sewerage scheme designed by engineer Baldwin Latham, which included at least 28 similar columns.

This cylindrical column stands approximately 9 meters high and is designed to resemble a Classical column, featuring a pedestal, moulded base, and enriched capital. It is made of cast iron and consists of two conjoined lengths of pipe connected by a flanged joint. At the top of the capital, there is an ornate arrow that helps orient the vent into the wind or indicates the line of the sewer. Above this is a ball with vents facing in all four directions, topped with a tall finial encircled by a coronet. The column bears the manufacturer's stamp 'W MACFARLANE & CO, GLASGOW'.

Local climate

Sewer ventilation column on the north side of Hawthorn Road, Carshalton 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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