Description

HALTWHISTLE STATION ROAD
NY 76 SW
(West side, off)
16/31 Water tank building
and 2 water columns
22.8.73 at Haltwhistle
Railway Station
II

Disused water tank building and 2 water columns. Building dated 1861, designed
by Peter Tate and built by R. Wylie and Co. (see plaques on tank) for the
North Eastern Railway Company. Iron water tank on stone base (red ashlar
sandstone on front and right returns; dressed sandstone on rear and left
return). Cast iron water columns.

Water tank building: one-storey base; 3 round arches with chamfered arch bands,
on square piers with roll-moulded impost blocks. Arches with radial glazing
and weather-boarded infill. 2 stepped bands above arcade. Tank made of iron
plates bolted together. 7 plates on front and 5 on returns. Each plate has
cross-braced ribs; central plates on all sides have oval panels with engineer's
and maker's names, date and crowning sea-horse motif. Similar right return of
2 bays. Plain rear and left return.

The water columns are situated on 2 platforms to the west of the tank building.
Each column has a ball finial and a counter-weighted swinging arm with a
leather hose.
A rare survival from the mid C19.

Listing NGR: NY7042163819

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26450077

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)