Superintendent's House at the Old Water Works is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
Superintendent's House at the Old Water Works
- WRENN ID
- still-sandstone-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Bournemouth East MP: Tom Hayes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Superintendent's House at the Old Water Works, Iford Lane, BH6 5NF
- OS grid reference
- SZ 145 925
- Coordinates
- 50.73244, -1.79484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a two-storey, asymmetrical house of a T-plan, situated next to the road and part of the Old Water Works complex. The house dates to the 18th century and features a half-hipped slate roof with an ornamental tile ridge. The windows are segment-headed, and there is a flat-roofed extension to one side. The building is listed for both its industrial qualities and its historical significance. From 1900 to 1913, it was occupied by Russian emigrés led by Count Vladimir Tchertkoff, who established the Free Age Press there. This press was instrumental in publishing many of Leo Tolstoy's later works, which had been banned in Russia. The house is part of a group with the adjacent pumping station.
Local climate
Superintendent's House at the Old Water Works receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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