Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1986. Water tower.
Water Tower
- WRENN ID
- low-chalk-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1986
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower, Station Road, Faversham
- OS grid reference
- TR 016 609
- Coordinates
- 51.31151, 0.89244
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower located on Station Road, built around 1858 for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, is a Grade II listed structure, likely designed by their engineer Crampton. This rectangular building, which is two storeys tall and has three windows, is constructed from stock brick with red dressings. It features a riveted iron water tank on the roof and iron framed windows. The front elevation includes three round-headed openings on the ground floor with fixed iron glazing, all topped with rubbed red brick arches, and blank round-headed openings in arcading on the first floor. The rear elevation is similar but consists entirely of blank arcading. On the left side, there is a round-headed doorcase with a fanlight and a blank space above. The building has a moulded brick eaves cornice, and the riveted iron water tank is accessed by a fixed iron ladder. This water tower is noted for its rarity as a surviving example of railway water towers.
Local climate
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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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