Cistern House At Ngr Tl 8460 0732 In Garden Of Orchard House (House Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. Cistern house.
Cistern House At Ngr Tl 8460 0732 In Garden Of Orchard House (House Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- last-timber-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maldon
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cistern house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MALDON
TL8407SE BEELEIGH ROAD 574-1/6/8 (South East side) 24/09/71 Cistern house at NGR TL 8460 0732 in garden of Orchard House (house not incl) (Formerly Listed as: BEELEIGH ROAD Well House in garden of Little Orchards)
II
Cistern house. 1587 and 1805. Red header-bond brick with Roman cement-rendered dome. Circular brick structure with narrow entrance door, enclosing water cistern. Over the door is a stone lintel with panel inscribed 'REBUILT BY SUBSCRIPTION 1805' in Roman letters. HISTORY: this is surviving remnant of public water supply provided by Thomas Cannock in 1587. The cistern is fed by a spring, to the south, the water then fed via lead pipe to the pump in Cromwell Hill (qv). The cistern also has an overflow into an adjacent artificial pond and via an overflow pipe to the river below.
Listing NGR: TL8460007320
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