Water Tower Half A Mile to North of Swynnerton Village is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. Water tower. 1 related planning application.
Water Tower Half A Mile to North of Swynnerton Village
- WRENN ID
- sombre-paling-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1980
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower Half A Mile to North of Swynnerton Village, Stab Lane, ST15 0QD
- OS grid reference
- SJ 851 359
- Coordinates
- 52.92083, -2.22193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swynnerton Water Tower, located half a mile north of Swynnerton Village, dates from around 1890. It is constructed from yellow and red brick and has a square plan. Each of the four sides features a semi-circular arch with triple arch rings and stone keyblocks. Above the tank chamber, there is a three-light oriel window on each side, and the structure is topped with a parapet.
Local climate
Water Tower Half A Mile to North of Swynnerton Village receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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