Water Tower Approx 200 Yards East of Heddon Steads is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Water tower.
Water Tower Approx 200 Yards East of Heddon Steads
- WRENN ID
- other-kitchen-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Water tower
- OS grid reference
- NZ 120 686
- Coordinates
- 55.01247, -1.81354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This water tower, located approximately 200 yards east of Heddon Steads, was likely built in the mid-19th century. It is constructed from snecked stone and features a stone roof. The tower stands about 25 feet high and measures around 15 feet square. Access is provided by a small boarded door situated high on the west side. On both the north and south sides, there are three closely spaced battened buttresses topped with sloping caps. The structure has a gabled roof with overhanging eaves.
Local climate
Water Tower Approx 200 Yards East of Heddon Steads receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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