Former ancilliary building to west of Lambeth Waterworks engine house (Building No 6) is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1992. A C19 Ancillary building.
Former ancilliary building to west of Lambeth Waterworks engine house (Building No 6)
- WRENN ID
- spare-railing-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Constituency
- Esher and Walton MP: Monica Harding (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1992
- Type
- Ancillary building
- Address
- Former ancilliary building to west of Lambeth Waterworks engine house (Building No 6), Simpson Way, Long Ditton, Surbiton, KT6 4ER
- OS grid reference
- TQ 172 672
- Coordinates
- 51.39185, -0.31648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former ancillary building to the west of the Lambeth Waterworks engine house, known as Building No 6, was constructed around 1851-1852 by James Simpson for the Lambeth Waterworks Company. It is built of stock brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof. The building has a gable end with stone coping and kneelers, a plinth, and buttresses. There is a louvred oculus in the gable and three pivoting metal casements. This building is included for its group value with the adjacent structures.
Local climate
Former ancilliary building to west of Lambeth Waterworks engine house (Building No 6) 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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