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West Grove, Conduit House, Blackheath is a Grade II listed building located on Blackheath in Kent. The structure dates from the eighteenth century and functioned as a conduit house, serving to supply and distribute water across the heath. The building reflects the practical infrastructure developments of the Georgian period, when improved water management systems became increasingly important to local communities. Its survival to the present day provides evidence of the domestic water supply arrangements that served Blackheath during this formative period of English hydraulic engineering.
West Grove, Conduit House, Blackheath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005548. View the official record →
West Grove, Conduit House, Blackheath is a Grade II listed building located on Blackheath in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005548.
West Grove, Conduit House, Blackheath is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005548.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Greenwich Park (0.3 km), Royal Observatory Greenwich (0.6 km), Queen's House (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of West Grove, Conduit House, Blackheath's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
West Grove, Conduit House, Blackheath stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.