The Water House, Lloyd Park (William Morris Gallery) is a Grade II* listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. Museum. 7 related planning applications.

The Water House, Lloyd Park (William Morris Gallery)

WRENN ID
tall-gallery-acorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Waltham Forest
Constituency
Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1951
Type
Museum
Address
The Water House, Lloyd Park (William Morris Gallery), Forest Road E17, E17 4PP
OS grid reference
TQ 372 899
Coordinates
51.59126, -0.02038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Water House, located in Lloyd Park and now serving as the William Morris Gallery, is a substantial detached house built in 1762, which has been altered and restored. The building is constructed of stock brick and features a hipped slate roof with a parapet. It stands three storeys tall and is nine windows wide, with the outer triplets forming large full-height semicircular bays.

A central porch, supported by Corinthian columns, encloses a recessed entrance that includes a semicircular fanlight above a six-panelled door. The windows are square-headed with gauged heads and are architraved to the central bays. There is a double band above the ground floor, along with a heavy stucco cornice and parapet.

Inside, the house contains contemporary panelling, a staircase, and a stucco-enriched stairwell. Notably, this building was the childhood home of the famous designer and writer William Morris.

Local climate

The Water House, Lloyd Park (William Morris Gallery) 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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