The Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. Water tower. 1 related planning application.
The Water Tower
- WRENN ID
- leaning-flint-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1983
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- The Water Tower, Handcross Road, Slaugham, RH17 6JX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 309
- Coordinates
- 51.06391, -0.16932
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Water Tower is a late 19th-century square building located on Handcross Road in Balcombe. Originally a landmark, it is now partially obscured by trees. The structure has three storeys and features two windows on each face, made of red brick. Pilasters are positioned beside each window bay, and the windows themselves are narrow and round-headed with multiple panes, although some window spaces are blind. The entrance includes a round-headed doorway with a semi-circular fanlight above and a door composed of six moulded panels.
Local climate
The Water Tower receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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