Survey Data
Reg No
14324031
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Water tower
Date
1860 - 1865
Coordinates
271891, 264163
Date Recorded
30/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached railway water tower with cast-iron tank, built c.1863, now disused. Snecked stone walls with red brick quoins. Round-arched cast-iron window with red brick dressings. Timber battened double doors with cast-iron fanlight and red brick dressings. Circular vent with brick surrounds.
Appraisal
This former water tower forms part of a group with the surviving railway related structures to the site. The unusual architectural form of this functional structure is enhanced by the well finished original materials many of which survive.