Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. Water tower. 2 related planning applications.

Water Tower

WRENN ID
forbidden-flue-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Water tower
Address
Water Tower, Moira Road, Ashby De La Zouch
OS grid reference
SK 352 166
Coordinates
52.74596, -1.47916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The water tower, built around 1854, stands approximately 50 feet high. It features yellow brickwork in English bond with stone dressings. The structure has a square shape with square angle buttresses. At the top, there is a corbelled cornice and a blocking course. Each face of the tower has five narrow vents, followed by five diaper vents set in square stone panels. A double corbelled string course runs around the tower, with a single narrow vent below it. This tower serves as a landmark at the top of the hill.

Local climate

Water Tower receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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