The Water Tower (Standing in the North East Corner of the Churchyard) is a Grade II* listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1951. A Georgian Water tower.
The Water Tower (Standing in the North East Corner of the Churchyard)
- WRENN ID
- pale-bailey-tide
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1951
- Type
- Water tower
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Water Tower (Standing in the North East Corner of the Churchyard), Church Square, Rye
- OS grid reference
- TQ 921 203
- Coordinates
- 50.95029, 0.73461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Water Tower, located in the northeast corner of the churchyard, was built between 1733 and 1735 and is made of red brick. It consists of two oval-shaped sections, with the lower section featuring a coved brick roof that forms a half dome. This section is topped by the upper section, which has a tiled roof with a lead ridge and a pointed wooden pinnacle. On the east and west sides of the upper section, there are rectangular openings with segmental heads that contain wooden shutters, each with an oval opening in the center. Additionally, there is a lead pump attached to the tower, which is dated 1826. The Water Tower is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 5 (odd) and Nos 2 to 12 (even).
Local climate
The Water Tower (Standing in the North East Corner of the Churchyard) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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