Description

TL 77 SW
4/32

HERRINGSWELL
HERRINGSWELL ROAD
Watertower and flanking coach-houses, 320 metres east of Medina Rajneesh.

G.V.
II

Watertower, flanking coach-house blocks and linking screen walls. C.1907,
built to serve Herringswell Manor, the estate of A.W. Ballance. The lower
stage of the tower is of red brick, with grand central entrance gateway;
moulded and hood-moulded 4-centred arched opening of terracotta with pair of
boarded doors. Above is a 4-light window with leaded casements. Above a
moulded brick cornice, the upper stage oversails on 4 sides, with exposed
joist-ends and diagonal beams on brackets; walling and gables of half-timbering
with rough-cast infill. Plaintiled swept pyramid roof in 2 stages, with a set-
forward gable at the upper stages framing a clock with bell above. Weather-vane
finial. The flanking coach-houses, gable front, with similar arched doorways.
Included for group value. The timber-framed and weather-boarded ranges to rear
are not of special interest.

Listing NGR: TL7194070993

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26487668

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