Description

TL 49 NW
8/10000

MARCH
WHITEMOOR MARSHALLING YARD
Water Tower

II
Railway water tower. Late C19. Red brick in English bond with ashlar dressings. Welded steel tank. Rectangular plan. Sides have blind arcades; north and south of one bay, east and west two bays; with tall round arches with plain stone imposts. The east and west arches have large segmentally arched windows with cast-iron frames with glazing bars, the centre panes form a pivoted opening light. Brick cornice above and surmounted by large rectangular welded steel tank, probably a replacement.

Interior not inspected.

Note: March was a passenger interchange point and the Whitemoor Yard a major freight marshalling centre, which was substantially modernised in 1925 by the LNER, and covered an area of 68 acres.

Listing NGR: TL4129599052

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522758

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)