Lift shaft and winding mechanism to the rear of 40 to 41 White Rock is a Grade II listed building in the Hastings local planning authority area, England. Lift shaft.
Lift shaft and winding mechanism to the rear of 40 to 41 White Rock
- WRENN ID
- sheer-slate-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hastings
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Lift shaft
- Address
- Lift shaft and winding mechanism to the rear of 40 to 41 White Rock, St. Michaels Place, TN34 1JT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 813 092
- Coordinates
- 50.85456, 0.57545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a former carriage lift shaft and winding mechanism located at the rear of 40 to 41 White Rock, constructed between 1875 and 1899 for Rock and Sons Carriage Manufacturers.
It is made of red brick below a rendered surface and has a slate roof. The carriage shaft has access from the south side at ground floor level and from the north side onto St James Place, reaching the top storey.
The exterior features a rectangular structure that rises three storeys. The lower section is built of brick laid in English bond, while the middle and upper sections are rendered. The middle section has a flat finish, and the upper section is scored to imitate ashlar and flares at the base to direct rainwater away. The roof is hipped.
At the base of the shaft on the south side, there are timber double doors, with a corresponding set at the upper level facing north. A later 20th-century metal staircase is attached to the east elevation, descending from St Michael’s Place to a 20th-century timber door.
Inside, the building retains machinery, including a cast iron winding gear on the upper storey, which consists of two eight-spoke, 1.2-meter diameter cast iron gear wheels, a cranking shaft, and a 0.6-meter diameter brake wheel. A timber staircase beneath this upper level leads down to the rear area of 40 and 41 White Rock.
Local climate
Lift shaft and winding mechanism to the rear of 40 to 41 White Rock receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
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