Disused Reservoir, South of Crampton Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. Waterworks.
Disused Reservoir, South of Crampton Tower
- WRENN ID
- third-baluster-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Waterworks
- Address
- Disused Reservoir, South of Crampton Tower, High Street, Broadstairs and St. Peters
- OS grid reference
- TR 391 679
- Coordinates
- 51.35987, 1.43329
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The disused reservoir, located south of Crampton Tower in Broadstairs, was part of the waterworks constructed by Thomas Russell Crampton in 1859. It has a dome shape, measuring 29 feet in diameter and 18 feet high. The interior is made of brick, while the exterior features flint and daub, with the top of the dome constructed from brick and a shallow chimney. A square wooden ventilation box sits on top of the dome.
Local climate
Disused Reservoir, South of Crampton Tower 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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