Leez Priory Water Tower 5 Metres North West of Fisherman's House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. Water tower.

Leez Priory Water Tower 5 Metres North West of Fisherman's House

WRENN ID
twelfth-casement-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 August 1984
Type
Water tower
OS grid reference
TL 700 186
Coordinates
51.84017, 0.46676
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Leez Priory Water Tower is a water tower built in the 19th or 20th century, located 5 meters northwest of Fisherman's Hut in Felsted. It is constructed of red brick featuring a decorative pattern and stands two stories tall with a gabled roof covered in plain red tiles. The design of the tower aims to harmonize with the main building, the nearby wall, and Fisherman's Hut, blending well into the surrounding area. Notable architectural features include angled, two-stage buttresses topped with plain red tiles, two-light windows made of moulded brick with Tudor arch heads, and a nailed and boarded door with a Tudor arch head set in a forward-set, chamfered panel.

Local climate

Leez Priory Water Tower 5 Metres North West of Fisherman's House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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