Water Tower on West Side of Kitchen Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1977. Water tower.

Water Tower on West Side of Kitchen Garden

WRENN ID
carved-brass-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1977
Type
Water tower
Address
Water Tower on West Side of Kitchen Garden, Castle Gardens, Alnwick
OS grid reference
NU 189 133
Coordinates
55.41338, -1.70221
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The water tower located on the west side of the kitchen garden is a crenellated structure built before 1851. It features projections to the north and south and is constructed of ashlar stone. The tower has an archway on the eastern side, along with arrow slits and merlon lights.

Local climate

Water Tower on West Side of Kitchen Garden receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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