Estate Office And Staff Quarters To Wargrave Manor

This is a late 19th-century water tower, coach-house, and stable block, originally serving Wargrave Manor, and later repurposed as an estate office and staff quarters. The water tower is now disused. The building is constructed of red brick in both Flemish and English bond, with plain tile roofs and a slate roof over the former stables, arranged around a courtyard. The coach-house, located on the south side, is larger than the stables which form the north and east sides of the courtyard; the former grooms' accommodation occupies the west side and the tower adjoins the coach-house to the west.

The water tower has two stages. The lower stage, which is significantly taller, has angle buttresses. The upper stage projects on deeply moulded brick corbels and is topped with a pyramidal roof featuring pierced gablets, a dentilled, moulded eaves cornice, and false timberwork with roughcast infill. A 5-light window with small panes is located on the south side. The lower stage features windows with small panes, including a tall, narrow window with wide transoms (repeated in pairs on other sides) and a round-headed window with a semi-circular brick arch above.

A small, single-storey link connects the tower to the main block, featuring a moulded and coved wooden eaves cornice and a 2-light window on the south. The south front of the main block exhibits a projecting plinth, moulded brick string, moulded brick eaves and a coved wooden eaves soffit with a moulded fascia. A bell turret with clock and weather-vane is present. Casement windows with glazing bars are throughout. Two large gables, adorned with false timberwork and roughcast infill, are prominent. A dormer window has a long catslide roof and a 5-light window. The left-hand gable has a 2-light window in the apex, a 3-light window below, and a large semi-circular moulded archway at its base, flanked by two large, 3-stage buttresses with semi-circular bases. The right-hand gable mirrors the timberwork design but includes a balcony at the upper level, supported by a large carved bracket and featuring a plain iron balustrade. A large, wooden bracket, formerly supporting a bell (now missing), is present above the balcony. Two 2-light windows are situated on the ground floor. A three-bay section with two weathered buttresses and three-light windows sits between the gabled bays.