Concrete Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. Water tower.
Concrete Water Tower
- WRENN ID
- waiting-zinc-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington MP: David Davis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Concrete Water Tower, Lower Bridge Street, Goole
- OS grid reference
- SE 741 234
- Coordinates
- 53.70255, -0.87843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The concrete water tower, completed in 1927, was designed by E J Silcock of Leeds for the Goole Urban District Council. This Grade II listed structure is made of reinforced concrete and has a circular base with a diameter of 27.5 metres and a height of 44 metres. The tower consists of eight stages, featuring a central seven-stage tower that is enclosed within an open framework. At the top, there is a drum-shaped tank that is surrounded by a concrete balustrade.
The central tower is decorated with pilaster strips and bands that separate the stages. The outer framework includes a tall arched arcade supported by 24 closely set square piers, which are connected by horizontal ties and have inner ties leading to the central tower. Round arches and curved brackets support the tank. The tank itself has a plain plinth, a bracketed cornice, and a balustrade made of plain square-section principals with bars between the top and bottom rails. It has a capacity of 750,000 gallons. A plaque on the south side at the base of the central tower records the date and details of its construction. This water tower replaced a nearby brick tower built in 1885 and was reputed to be the largest of its kind in Europe when it was constructed.
Local climate
Concrete Water Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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