Boundary railings to former Lambeth Waterworks (from the borough boundary to the boundary with No 1 Riverside Villas) is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1992. Boundary railings.

Boundary railings to former Lambeth Waterworks (from the borough boundary to the boundary with No 1 Riverside Villas)

WRENN ID
dim-cornice-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Elmbridge
Constituency
Esher and Walton MP: Monica Harding (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1992
Type
Boundary railings
Address
Boundary railings to former Lambeth Waterworks (from the borough boundary to the boundary with No 1 Riverside Villas), Portsmouth Road, Thames Ditton
OS grid reference
TQ 171 672
Coordinates
51.39261, -0.31695
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary railings to the former Lambeth Waterworks, located along the south side of Portsmouth Road in Thames Ditton, date from around 1852. The structure consists of a series of square brick piers, each measuring 2 square feet and standing 9 feet tall. These piers are connected by a low brick wall that is 3 feet 6 inches high, topped with cast iron railings that rise to 4 feet 6 inches. The railings extend across 25 bays, running west from the borough boundary and covering a total road frontage of approximately 175 metres.

Local climate

Boundary railings to former Lambeth Waterworks (from the borough boundary to the boundary with No 1 Riverside Villas) 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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