Survey Data
Reg No
13831025
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Water tower
In Use As
Water tower
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
322349, 310913
Date Recorded
08/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-stage stone water tower, built c. 1840, ground floor converted to office lobby with office buildings attached to east and west. Square-plan, steel tank on yellow brick corbel course. Squared roughly coursed rubble stone walling to bottom stage, red brick walling to upper stages; cut limestone plinth coping, yellow brick quoins, ashlar limestone and yellow brick string courses. Blind oculus to bottom stage, yellow brick surround; blind paired round-headed openings to second stage, block-and-start yellow brick jambs, round-arched brick archivolt. Round-headed door opening, block-and-start yellow brick jambs, round-headed rubbed brick archivolt, painted timber door with glazed panels. Two-storey random rubble store to north c. 1840.
Appraisal
This finely-built water tower is symbolic of the high quality craftsmanship employed in Victorian engineering projects. The variety of materials used in its construction enliven this functional building allowing it to make an attractive as well as historical contribution to maritime landscape of Greenore. Though part of the structure has been converted to office use, it continues to retain its original function as a water tower.