Description

The following building shall be added:

GAINSBOROUGH HEAPHAM ROAD
SK 89 SW
910-0/10/10001 Water Tower
- II

Water tower. 1897-8. Engineer Henry Riley. Red brick with yellow
brick panels, some sandstone dressings, iron-framed windows, and
lead roof. Hexagonal plan. Built against a reservoir embankment,
with 4 storeys plus a semi-basement storey accessible through a
doorway on the east side. 4 of the sides have narrow round-arched
windows to their ground and 1st floors, set within yellow brick
panels and with arches of rubbed red bricks. The rear side is
similar but has a ground-floor doorway with shouldered lintel.
The front side, facing north-east, has a round window at 1st
floor level. At ground-floor level there is a marble plaque with
pedimented sandstone surround. Its inscription records that
construction of the tower and reservoir was commenced by the
Urban District Council of Gainsborough in 1897 and lists the
names of members of the council, the clerk, engineer, and
contractor. The 3rd and 4th storeys are separated by a sandstone
cornice with Lombard frieze. Below the frieze on the front side
the 3rd storey, which is otherwise blank, has 2 round-arched
windows with a sandstone surround, transom, and brick apron. The
upper storey has 2 round-arched windows to each side, separated
by sandstone pilasters. The 6-sided lead roof has a crowsnest
with iron railings and a flagpole.

Listing NGR: SK8209590066

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552801

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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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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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)