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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: WATER CHUTE ON THE BOATING LAKE IN EAST PARK

List entry Number: 1390517

Location

WATER CHUTE ON THE BOATING LAKE IN EAST PARK, HAWKESBURY STREET

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
	City of Kingston upon Hull	Unitary Authority

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 11-Jul-2003

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 490436

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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Reasons for Designation

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History

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Details

680-1/0/10068 HAWKESBURY STREET 11-JUL-03 East Park (Northwest side) 'Water Chute' on the Boating Lake in East Park

II Water chute. 1929 with later alterations. Designed and made by Messrs. Chas. Wicksteed & Co. Ltd., erected by the Hull City Council Engineer's Department for the Boating and Open Spaces Sub-Committee. Brick and timber with a hipped plain tile roof. Rectangular brick tower has brick buttresses at the corners and on the side elevations which are divided into 3 panels. The rear, or south east, facade has double plank doors on the ground floor. The top floor has open sides, between the buttresses, with timber grilles. An external iron staircase rises up the north east side of the building and the iron chute which carries the ride extends outwards and down wards from the north west side. This iron chute is carried on tubular iron supports. This is an important, rare and well preserved example of a very early 'water chute or water slide'.

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National Grid Reference: TA 12137 31253

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