Water Tower on Tower Hill to North of West Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. A C19 Water tower.
Water Tower on Tower Hill to North of West Road
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-hinge-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 1975
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower on Tower Hill to North of West Road, Congleton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 848 632
- Coordinates
- 53.166, -2.22822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower on Tower Hill, located to the north of West Road, was built in 1881 and designed by engineer William Blackshaw. It is cylindrical in shape and constructed from red and yellow brick, featuring bands of blue brick. The tower consists of three stages, each adorned with semi-circular headed openings that have continuous head bands and are arched over the openings. It also includes a decorative brick frieze and a modillion cornice, which is topped by thin iron railings.
Local climate
Water Tower on Tower Hill to North of West Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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