Medway Hospital, Laundry Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1996. A C20 Water tower.
Medway Hospital, Laundry Water Tower
- WRENN ID
- white-thatch-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham MP: Naushabah Khan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1996
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Medway Hospital, Laundry Water Tower, York Avenue
- OS grid reference
- TQ 770 677
- Coordinates
- 51.38074, 0.54289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Medway Hospital laundry water tower, built around 1900, is a Grade II listed structure. It is constructed of brick and features a lead pyramidal roof with a square plan. The tower has a battered design and a plain crow-stepped gable at the entrance, which is defined by eight round-arched recessed panels. Above this, there is an overhanging brick tank adorned with false machicolations and gabled half dormers, leading to a sloping roof that culminates in a central octagonal truncated chimney. The ground floor includes segmental-arched openings, with a central doorway flanked by windows that have metal frames, and an oculus above. This water tower and chimney are notable for their unified design and are part of a former military hospital that included wards and a clock tower, although those structures are not included in this listing. The water tower is recognized for its landmark value and architectural interest, while the flanking laundry buildings are not considered of special interest.
Local climate
Medway Hospital, Laundry Water Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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