Water Tower at Swallowship House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1976. Water tower. 1 related planning application.
Water Tower at Swallowship House
- WRENN ID
- silent-cornice-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1976
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower at Swallowship House, Fellside, Hexham, NE46 1TS
- OS grid reference
- NY 951 622
- Coordinates
- 54.95494, -2.07772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower, dating to the early 19th century, is linked by a former stable block and garden wall to Swallowship House. It is a battlemented structure built of rubble with quoins. The tower includes small entrances and has a braced weathervane mast positioned above. This building is recognised as holding group value in its architectural and historic context.
Local climate
Water Tower at Swallowship House receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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