Description

THORNHAM MAGNA THORNHAM PARK
TM 17 SW
3/85 Water Tower about 40m
- west of The Stables

GV II

Water tower. Late C19. Double skin of red brick with white brick facing to
upper stages. Fishscale patterned slate roof. Square on plan. Tall 4 stages
and attic. A recessed boarded door at base with outer English bond brickwork,
above 2 oculi with chamfered gauged brick surrounds. Left return has a
recessed sash with a gauged brick flat arched head, small louvred opening
above. Right return has a clock in a chamfered gauged brick surround.
Cornice to upper water tank stage with 2 vertical openings to each side,
recessed patterned boarding, outer chamfers. Cogged eaves to pyramidal roof
splayed out slightly at base, timber French Renaissance style dormers to each
face, an open traceried octagonal belfry, leaded ogee cupola to weathervane.

Listing NGR: TM1023171818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284598

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)