Two Water Towers And Latrines And Store Immediately South West Of Former Stables At Osborne House

SZ59SW 947/7/10019 24-MAR-03

EAST COWES WHIPPINGHAM ROAD Osborne estate Two Water Towers, Latrines and Store immediately south west of former stables at Osborne House

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Water towers, latrines and store to Royal Naval College, Osborne. 1903, 1906-7 and 1913; by Henry Nicholas Hawks, architect of the Office of Works. Pebbledash brick with red brick quoins and applied timber-framing. Plain tile hipped and gable-ended roofs. PLAN: East water tower built in 1903, extended to south and latrine block added in 1906-7. Store to west also built in 1906-7; and in 1913 a second water tower was built between the store and the first water tower. EXTERIOR: Pair of tall 3-storey water towers with oversailing timber-framed superstructures with pebbledash panels on timber corbels or joist ends, and with hipped roofs, the east tower with finial and weathervane; the extension to water tower to south forms L-shaped plan and lean-to on east side is the latrine block. The small single-storey detached building with timber-framing in the gable end is the store. Casement windows with glazing bars and plank doors. INTERIOR: The latrine building is complete with its original fittings.

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