Water Tower

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SP38NE 5/79

NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH Bedworth TOWER ROAD (south side) Water Tower

13/05/87

II Water tower, now disused. Dated 1898. English bond brick. Plain-tile pyramid roof has deep boxed eaves. Square plan. Simplified Romanesque style. Six high storeys; three window range. Ground floor is slightly battered. Double-leaf moulded six-panelled doors and fanlight are deeply recessed within doorway of six simply-moulded brick orders and hood mould. Large framed panel above has inscription 'BEDWORTH WATERWORKS 1898' in relief. Chamfered single-light windows to left and right of door. Moulded string course. Main body of tower has each face set back between large corner piers, and with deep splay to top and bottom. Full-height narrow round arches have four storeys of windows, with terracotta panels of floriated ornament between each floor. Return sides have blind arches. Moulded string course and Lombard frieze. Top stage has large angle shafts. Hallow-splayed sill. Four bay arcades to each side have stone shafts, wooden louvres and continuous hood mould. Shallow roof rises to steep pyramidal finial. Interior has iron spiral staircase. The tower is approximately 45 metres high.

Listing NGR: SP3545986576