The Conduit in Tower Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1949. Monument.
The Conduit in Tower Gardens
- WRENN ID
- ragged-hearth-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1949
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Conduit in Tower Gardens, Roxwell Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 693 073
- Coordinates
- 51.73942, 0.45138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Conduit in Tower Gardens is a structure built in 1814. It features a dome of stone supported by six circular, tapered Doric columns that do not have entasis, standing on pedestals. The dome is topped with a circular entablature adorned with triglyphs. An inscription on one side reads, "This Conduit was erected AD.1814 by the parish, aided by a subscription of one hundred pounds by Robert Greenwood, Merchant." On the opposite side, it states, "Rebuilt by the Parish AD.1852." The original location of the conduit was in the High Street near the junction with Springfield Road, but it was moved to its current site in the early 20th century.
Local climate
The Conduit in Tower Gardens sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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