Walthamstow Tramway and Offices and Depot is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1993. Tramway offices, depot.

Walthamstow Tramway and Offices and Depot

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 August 1993
Type
Tramway offices, depot
Address
Walthamstow Tramway and Offices and Depot, Chingford Road
OS grid reference
TQ 373 901
Coordinates
51.59386, -0.01829
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Walthamstow Tramway Offices and Depot is a tramway office and depot built in 1905. It is constructed of brick in Flemish bond with terracotta detailing. The front block features a high, unusual slate roof, while the rear has a pitched slate roof. The building is two storeys tall and has a three-window range, with an additional three-window range on the left return and a late 20th-century fire escape on the right, which is not included in this listing.

The ground floor has round-arched windows with brick and terracotta voussoirs, while the first floor features flat-arched windows, including a central oriel window topped by a semi-circular pediment. The central range is flanked by full-height brick pilasters that terminate at the roofline in a broad segmental pediment, which contains a shield and clock in the tympanum. A balustrade forms a parapet over the end ranges and returns.

On the left return, there is a projecting bay topped by a Dutch gable, with a rectangular bay appended, which served as the waiting room on the ground floor. The return rear wings have segmental-arched windows, and there is a sill and lintel bond to the first floor. The rear of the two-storey block steps down with broken joins, concealing the division between the public waiting room and the conductor's office. There are stacks located at the rear of the mansard and the back wall of the lower two-storey wing.

This listing also includes the single-storey wings that extend back to the rear of the site, built of brown brick in English bond with red brick trim and hipped slate roofs. These wings have segmental-arched openings and are set back to form a service area with shallow courts leading from the main block to the rear. The wing houses various functions, including a notice room with a three-window range, a superintendent's office with a two-window range, a recessed court serving as a transformer room, a "spare" room, and toilet facilities. All stacks retain their original design.

Local climate

Walthamstow Tramway and Offices and Depot sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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