Listed Building: WATER TOWER (1388494)

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Grade II
Authority Department of Culture, Media and Sport
Date assigned 15 August 1973
Date last amended 20 December 1999

Description

LINCOLN SK9772SW CHAPEL LANE 1941-1/6/72 (West side) 15/08/73 Water tower (Formerly Listed as: CHAPEL LANE (West side) Westgate Water Tower) II Water tower. Dated 1911. By Sir Reginald Blomfield. Tooled ashlar facing on a brick core, with a pyramidal slate roof. Baroque Revival detailing. Battered plinth, clasping pilasters, plain parapet on corbels. 2 stages. Square plan, with on each side a projecting centre with rebated corners and 5 small windows. South front has a massive door surround with channelled rustication and a cove-moulded round headed doorway with keystone, double doors and fanlight. Above it, an inscribed datestone. Second stage has a central bracketed canopy on each side, with the City arms in a cartouche to the south, and round windows in the remainder. Flanking panels have fleurs-de-lys in relief. The iron water tank is carried on a brick cylinder. The structure was given an elaborate ashlar facing to blend with the nearby historic buildings. (Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 507; Fellows RA: Sir Reginald Blomfield - an Edwardian architect). Listing NGR: SK9747172058

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  •  Index: Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Dec 1999. Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 1941-1/6/72.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1388494.

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Grid reference SK 9747 7205 (point)
Map sheet SK97SE
Civil Parish CASTLE, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Dec 31 2024 1:37PM

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