Water Tower at Church Farm School is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1988. Water tower. 3 related planning applications.

Water Tower at Church Farm School

WRENN ID
burning-steel-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnet
Constituency
Chipping Barnet MP: Dan Tomlinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1988
Type
Water tower
Address
Water Tower at Church Farm School, Church Hill Road, EN4 8XE
OS grid reference
TQ 276 945
Coordinates
51.63519, -0.15695
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The water tower at Church Farm School was built in 1912 by engineers J C Melliss, with architectural detailing by Charles Nicholson. It features brick and tile cladding over a reinforced concrete structure, topped with hipped plain tile roofs and a central brick stack. The tower is three stories tall and is flanked by lower two-story wings, each with one bay. Mid-20th century entries have been added to the ground floor. The windows are three-light casements with glazing bars, set beneath concrete lintels. The fourth stage of the tower is clad in tiles and has deep overhanging eaves. The interior has not been inspected. This water tower was constructed as part of an Industrial Boys Home established in 1860.

Local climate

Water Tower at Church Farm School 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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