Water Tank A Few Yards North West of Woodcote House Court is a Grade II listed building in the Epsom and Ewell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1974. Water tank.
Water Tank A Few Yards North West of Woodcote House Court
- WRENN ID
- solemn-shingle-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epsom and Ewell
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1974
- Type
- Water tank
- OS grid reference
- TQ 206 597
- Coordinates
- 51.32417, -0.27056
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tank located a few yards northwest of Woodcote House Court dates back to 1706. It is made of lead and has an oblong shape with slightly bowed ends. The tank features a moulded plinth and cornice, with relief decoration on two short sides and one long side. This decoration includes a band of foliage with small closed coronets and armorial goats above, and large cartouches below—two on the long side and one on each short side. Each cartouche has shouldered corners, scrolled sides, a cornucopia above, Borrominesque grotesque masks below, and is adorned with husk festoons, putti, and marine creatures. Between the cartouches, the tank displays the date 1706, the initials EAN, a fleur-de-lys, and a leaping fish. The initials likely belong to Sir Edward Northey, the builder of Woodcote House. It is said that the tank was moved from his London stables to its current location in 1896.
Local climate
Water Tank A Few Yards North West of Woodcote House Court sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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