Hydraulic Engine House is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1972. A Victorian Engine house.

Hydraulic Engine House

WRENN ID
deep-quoin-bracken
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 1972
Type
Engine house
Period
Victorian
Address
Hydraulic Engine House, Underfall Yard
OS grid reference
ST 571 721
Coordinates
51.44687, -2.61808
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hydraulic Engine House, built in 1888, is located in Bristol's Floating Harbour area. This single-storey building is constructed of red brick and features a slate roof with a single-depth plan and a six-window range. The left side has a semicircular-arched doorway, along with five semicircular-arched windows that have matching arched cills, all fitted with cast-iron windows and glazing bars. To the right, there is a square, two-stage accumulator tower that is set back; it includes an arched doorway and an oval window above, topped with a machicolated parapet. Inside, the hydraulic pumping machinery, dated 1907 and made by Fullerton, Hodgart and Barclay of Paisley, powers the hydraulic system for the docks, which includes cranes, bridges, and locks. There is also a workshop located at the right end of the building.

Local climate

Hydraulic Engine House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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