Water Tower On Tower Hill is a Grade II* listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1976. Water tower. 2 related planning applications.

Water Tower On Tower Hill

WRENN ID: errant-storey-pearl
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: West Lancashire
Country: England
Date first listed: 22 March 1976
Type: Water tower
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ORMSKIRK

SD40NW TOWER HILL 663-1/4/179 (East side) 22/03/76 Water Tower on Tower Hill

II*

Water tower. 1853-4. For Ormskirk Local Board of Health; now derelict. Coursed squared sandstone, slate roof (dilapidated). Square plan. Romanesque style. Tall tower with 2 narrow full-height Romanesque arches in each side, all with stepped surrounds and arch-bands, linked by an impost band carried round; plain frieze with carved grotesques at the corners, and very emphatic corbelling in machicolated form, surmounted by a large tank enclosed by what appears to be ashlar walling. Pyramidal roof now lacking most slates. HISTORY: unusual survival of early Local Board waterworks structure. Conspicuous landmark on east side of town.

Listing NGR: SD4231908453

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