Description

BIRMINGHAM TESSALL LANE
SP 07 NW
16/10033 Water Tower at
Hollymoor Hospital
II
Hospital Water Tower, 1905 by Martin and Martin of
Birmingham,for the Borough of Birmingham Lunatic Asylum
Committee of Visitors.Rad brick with ashlar sandstone and
terracotta dressings, and with copper covered dome below a
lantern.6-stage tower,square on plan with shallow clasping
buttresses and a central pilaster to each wall face.2 tall
slit windows to each stage on all walls, the windows separated
by the central pilasters.5th stage with minature pediments as
hoods to openings,6th stage with pairs of coupled lights with
flat traceried heads.Ashlar bands between 5th and 6th stages.
Projecting cornice separates 6th stage from parapet which has
a segmental pediment to the centre of each face above the end
of the central pilaster.Clasping buttresses terminate at
terracotta ball finials.Copper covered stilted dome with
octagonal lantern below ogee roof.

Listing NGR: SP0031678497

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26527831

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)