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| English Heritage Reference: | 425995 |
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| RBKC Reference: | 249-/68/10037 |
| Property: | SEWER VENT OPPOSITE NUMBER 92 CHEYNE WALK |
| Street: | CHELSEA EMBANKMENT , SW3 |
| Date: | 11/01/1995 |
| Grade: | II |
| Grouped: | GV |
| Description: | Sewer vent. 1874 for the Metropolitan Board of Works, George Vulliamy supervising architect to the northern outfall sewer extension engineered by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and opened that year. Cast iron columns of great height to draw off vapours from the sewer and distribute their foul odours high above the embankment. Tri-partitie composition. Tapering fluted lower section above a quarter-circle moulding with an arch and arrow motif, and below a cable moulding, lotus leaf frieze, and embossed upper band. The 15' shaft sports three moulded bands, and the coved terminal is capped with trefoil-pierced cresting. The base bears a plaque with the inscription J STONES AND CO/ ENGINEERS/ DEPTFORD. LONDON SE, and also a removable cover on the other side, similarly inscribed. Included as a distinctive element of a major engineering achievement. |
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