Water Gate Tower, Town Quay is a Grade I listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1969. A C14 and C15 Gate, tower.
Water Gate Tower, Town Quay
- WRENN ID
- rough-casement-crow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1969
- Type
- Gate, tower
- Address
- Water Gate Tower, Town Quay, City of Southampton, SO14 2AR
- OS grid reference
- SU 419 109
- Coordinates
- 50.89674, -1.40455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Water Gate Tower, located at Town Quay in Southampton, dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. It is the remains of the Watergate, which served as the south gate of the town. The structure is built of stone rubble and features a drum tower that rises three storeys, with part of a fourth storey, and includes three arched windows. An additional three-storey rectangular tower was added to the west in the early 15th century. The south facade has a central section that is recessed between buttresses and is topped with a parapet that has machicolations supported by three stepped corbels. Each floor contains remnants of garderobes, and there is a four-centred doorway. To the north, there is a late 15th-century extension, where the west wall retains a two-light square-headed window. The tower is also scheduled as an ancient monument.
Local climate
Water Gate Tower, Town Quay receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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