Water Tower Adjoining Tower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1990. Water tower.

Water Tower Adjoining Tower Cottage

WRENN ID
waning-railing-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 July 1990
Type
Water tower
OS grid reference
TQ 756 293
Coordinates
51.03673, 0.50406
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The water tower, built around 1855 for Colonel E Lloyd A Lillesden, is located adjacent to Tower Cottage on Hastings Road in Hawkhurst. This octagonal structure is a single storey, constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with some black headers. It features a cambered doorcase with rubbed brick voussoirs and a plank door. At the rear, there are two cambered sash windows with rubbed brick voussoirs and vertical glazing bars. The tower has a moulded stone eaves cornice and an octagonal cast iron water tank adorned with raised diamond patterns, made by Garett Marshall & Co., Sun Foundry, Leeds. The building stands on a stone plinth.

Local climate

Water Tower Adjoining Tower Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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