Hart Lane Water Tower

Hart Lane Water Tower was built in 1901 and is constructed from Luton grey bricks with red brick dressings and decorative terracotta elements, topped with stone slates. The tower has an octagonal plan and stands four storeys tall, featuring a conical roof with deep projecting eaves and a finial at the top. On the west face, there is a smaller demi-tower that reaches up to the fourth floor and houses a staircase, which includes two square-headed casement windows aligned beneath a cambered-headed window.

The roof of the main tower has four gables near the apex and four gabled dormers set lower down. A decorative terracotta frieze runs below the eaves. The top stage of the tower features square recessed panels that alternate between six-light casement windows with glazing bars, flanked by pilasters and topped with a keystone, and similar blank arcades. Two moulded bands encircle the tower, with all sides except the west face displaying recessed rectangular panels adorned with guilloche decoration in terracotta.

The lower three floors, except for the west face, are set within three-storey recesses that have cambered heads and a series of terracotta mouldings, including one with foliated decoration. Each recess contains a second-storey round-headed window with glazing bars, a keystone, and a drip mould above, along with a moulded band and apron below. In alternating recesses, there is also a first-storey square-headed window with glazing bars, a drip mould above, and a moulded band and apron below. This tower was constructed in response to the drought of 1898, which left Stopsley without water.