Survey Data
Reg No
31303910
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Building misc
Date
1870 - 1885
Coordinates
124237, 312443
Date Recorded
07/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay single-stage water tower, extant 1896, on a square plan. Tank not visible behind parapet. Part repointed rubble limestone walls on battered base with Irish battlemented parapet having lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone coping. Square-headed door opening with hammered limestone block-and-start surround framing replacement timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set in relandscaped grounds shared with Mount Falcon.
Appraisal
A folly-like "faux" Irish tower house water tower contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Mount Falcon estate.