Norton Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Halton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. Water tower. 2 related planning applications.
Norton Water Tower
- WRENN ID
- scattered-mortar-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Halton
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1983
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Norton Water Tower, Norton Lane, WA7 6PX
- OS grid reference
- SJ 553 816
- Coordinates
- 53.32953, -2.67128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Norton Water Tower is a Grade II listed structure built in 1892. It is made of red sandstone and features a cylindrical shape with a rock-faced base that has a convex outline, ending in a pulvinated band. Above this base, there is a plain ashlar cylinder that includes bases for ten pilasters. These pilasters extend to a frieze that frames a high rusticated semi-circular headed opening, which is adorned with keystones. The large openings are partially closed by ashlar screens that have two narrow arched openings. The frieze is inscribed with Latin text, and a dentil cornice sits atop it, supporting an iron tank that features triglyphs between the pilasters and arched sinkings. The rim of the tank is decorated with shell upstands. Access to the tower is provided by a double door with six raised and fielded panels, set within a stone opening that is framed by an elaborate stone pediment.
Local climate
Norton Water Tower receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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