Water Tower and North Building of Water Works is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1966. Water tower, water works building. 1 related planning application.
Water Tower and North Building of Water Works
- WRENN ID
- scarred-rood-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1966
- Type
- Water tower, water works building
- Address
- Water Tower and North Building of Water Works, Margaret Street, L6 2JU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 360 918
- Coordinates
- 53.41954, -2.96315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower and north building of the water works, designed by T. Duncan and built in 1857, is constructed from snecked stone. The water tower features three stages: the lower stage is rusticated and has a round-arched arcade with twelve arches and a flat band above. The second stage includes a round-arched arcade with an impost band and keystone, topped with a bracketed cornice. The third stage is recessed and contains an iron water tank supported by iron brackets. Inside, there is a central decagonal stone column and two concentric arcades with stone columns and brick arches extending in both directions.
To the south, there is an adjoining square tower with quoins, a bracketed cornice, and antefixae. It has two stages of round-headed lights with louvres. The adjoining block to the south is two storeys high and has four bays, with round-headed reveals on the ground floor. It features a top cornice and a high parapet with a blind arcade, along with steps to the left leading to a round-headed entrance on the first floor. The first bay of this block includes a window with three round-headed lights beneath a gable.
Local climate
Water Tower and North Building of Water Works sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 1 application
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