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Latitude: 54.9675 / 54°58'2"N
Longitude: -1.6175 / 1°37'3"W
OS Eastings: 424584
OS Northings: 563718
OS Grid: NZ245637
Mapcode National: GBR SNP.PZ
Mapcode Global: WHC3R.4D0P
Entry Name: Water Tower South of Central Station
Listing Date: 30 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1355257
English Heritage Legacy ID: 304558
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1
County: Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward/Division: Westgate
Built-Up Area: Newcastle upon Tyne
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: St Nicholas Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
NZ 2463 NE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE FORTH STREET
(north side)
23/246 Water tower south of
Central Station.
G.V. II
Water tower. Dated on plaque on tank NER/1891; for North Eastern Railway.
Rockfaced sandstone with ashlar dressings; iron tank. 3 storeys, 5 bays and
tank on top. Flat stone lintels and slightly projecting stone sills to
mullioned-and-transomed windows on ground and first floors; similar sills to
round-headed second-floor windows under stone arches. Moulded cornice, Chimney
stacks on returns and high corniced chimneys, square yellow pots to that at
right. Tank about 2m high and of same dimensions as building.
Listing NGR: NZ2458463718
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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