Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1994. Water tower. 9 related planning applications.
Water Tower
- WRENN ID
- sharp-chalk-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1994
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower, Debden Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3EB
- OS grid reference
- TL 538 376
- Coordinates
- 52.01603, 0.24103
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower, built in 1913, was designed by architect A.H. Forbes, who served as the Borough Surveyor. It is constructed of red brick and measures approximately 8 meters square and 28 meters high. The tower features a stepped plinth with a round arched doorway and a foundation plaque on the west side. The upper tank stage is adorned with clasping pilasters and a supporting cornice, which includes three blind depressed arched recesses with splayed sills on each face. This design motif continues down to the plinth through three stages, with the recesses becoming progressively longer but shallower. The tower was built by local builder J. Custerson, and a photograph of it during construction exists.
Local climate
Water Tower sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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 — 9 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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