Valve Tower to South East Corner of Widdop Reservoir is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. Valve tower.
Valve Tower to South East Corner of Widdop Reservoir
- WRENN ID
- buried-keystone-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1984
- Type
- Valve tower
- Address
- Valve Tower to South East Corner of Widdop Reservoir, Heptonstall
- OS grid reference
- SD 935 326
- Coordinates
- 53.78987, -2.09971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The valve tower at the south-east corner of Widdop Reservoir was constructed between 1872 and 1878 by engineer John La Trobe Bateman. This unique structure is built from large ashlar blocks and features a bitumen roof. It has a square plan with tapering sides and is designed in an Egyptian style. The south-facing door has monolithic jambs with a batter, while the corners are accentuated by tapering pilasters that serve as buttresses to the frieze. A projecting double cornice adds to its architectural detail. The sides and rear of the tower include rectangular windows with large plain stone surrounds. The design was inspired by Bateman's visit to Egypt for the opening of the Suez Canal.
Local climate
Valve Tower to South East Corner of Widdop Reservoir sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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