Water Tower at the Former Warnham Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1980. Water tower.
Water Tower at the Former Warnham Lodge
- WRENN ID
- young-ashlar-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1980
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower at the Former Warnham Lodge, Mayes Lane
- OS grid reference
- TQ 147 346
- Coordinates
- 51.10008, -0.36288
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Water Tower at the former Warnham Lodge is a Grade II listed structure that was part of a large mansion designed by Batterbury and Huxley in 1894, most of which was demolished in 1961. The tower is square in shape and features a circular stair turret attached to it. It stands six storeys tall and is constructed of red brick, with stone stringcourses. Notable architectural elements include machicolation above the fourth floor, a clock face, and a modillion eaves cornice. The tower is topped with an elaborate tiled pyramidal roof that has a curve to it, and there are gabled louvres on each side.
Local climate
Water Tower at the Former Warnham Lodge receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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