Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1994. Water tower. 7 related planning applications.
Water Tower
- WRENN ID
- small-belfry-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1994
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower, Fronks Road, Harwich, CO12 4EE
- OS grid reference
- TM 243 309
- Coordinates
- 51.93169, 1.26233
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower, built in 1903, is located on the north side of Fronks Road in Dovercourt, Harwich. It is a painted steel structure featuring a circular water tank made of painted corrugated metal sheeting, topped with a cone-shaped roof and an access gallery with a handrail. The tower itself is an openwork octagonal design, constructed from painted steelwork, with diagonal housing and access ladders. This elegant and functional building serves as a local landmark.
Local climate
Water Tower receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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