Description

SJ 66 NE
5/10
23.4.81

BOSTOCK C.P.
(Off) BOSTOCK ROAD

Water tower c20 metres west of Bostock Hall

II

GV
Water tower. c1850 and c1875. Red English garden wall bond brick
with Ruabon brick to upper body stone dressings and shingle and lead
roof. Square tower of 3 stages. Courtyard facade: lower stage of
plain brick c1850 with cambered-headed doorway to upper wall
originally approached by an external staircase but now blocked. Cyma
moulded stone string course above. Second stage above this of Ruabon
brick with offset above which are two recessed rectangular panels.
Further cyma-moulded string course between this and the third stage
which has six panels of blind cusped tracery. Bartizans to this stage
with moulded stone and brick bases and lead spires. Further row of
twelve cusped panels above with three pairs of lights. Splay footed
octagonal spire above with short ridge.

Listing NGR: SJ 67587 68301

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q62423828

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Recommended Books

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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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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)