Description

The following building shall be added:

CHELSHAM AND FARLEIGH CHELSHAM ROAD (off)
TQ 35 NE
303-/3/10006 Wadingham Park Hospital
Water Tower
II

Water tower. 1903 by G H Oakley and W S Skinner as part of Warlingham Park Hospital, a
mental asylum for the county Borough of Croydon. Free-standing Venetian-style campanile.
Three stages of red brick in flemish bond with two stages above in bands of yellow and red
brick in flemish bond and clockstage above in red brick. Hipped slate roof with iron weather
vane. three lower stages have lancet windows and round-headed windows to ground floor and
round-headed doorcase with 6 flush-panelled door and louvred fanlight. Lean-to to rear. Above
this are 2 stages of ribbed polychrome brickwork with lancets. Water tank stage above has
chamfered corners, blank round-headed arches, clock faces on three sides and
pseudo-machicolations. Brick modillion eaves cornice and elaborate metal weathervane. This
water tower is very prominent in the landscape as a landmark.

Listing NGR: TQ3737759560

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658109

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)