Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1979. Water tower. 4 related planning applications.
Water Tower
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-slate-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1979
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower, the Playfield, East Grinstead, RH19 3BX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 397 381
- Coordinates
- 51.12522, -0.00391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower, built in 1914 by W Vaux-Graham, Engineer to the Water Board, is a Grade II listed structure. It is constructed of sandstone in the Perpendicular style and stands six storeys tall. The tower has a square shape with angle turrets and a stair turret. It features a crenellated parapet and on each side of the upper floor, there is a five-mullioned and transomed casement window. Additionally, the tower has slit windows and an arched doorcase.
Local climate
Water Tower receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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