Abbey House Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1976. Water tower, house. 1 related planning application.
Abbey House Water Tower
- WRENN ID
- secret-jamb-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1976
- Type
- Water tower, house
- Address
- Abbey House Water Tower, Market Cross, Malmesbury, SN16 9AS
- OS grid reference
- ST 933 873
- Coordinates
- 51.58458, -2.09719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbey House Water Tower is a water tower that has been converted into a house. It dates from the mid to late 19th century and was converted in the late 20th century. The structure is built from coursed, squared limestone with dressings, although the roof is not visible. The tower is square and open plan, rising three storeys with a two-window range. It features a plain, square design with a cornice band and a crenellated parapet, which includes a raised corner turret on the northwest side. There is a left-hand doorway with a chamfered surround and a shouldered lintel, leading to a modern door. On the second storey, there are two outer louvred loops, and modern windows have been inserted on all three storeys on the south and east sides, the latter of which has a shallow second-floor ashlar oriel. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, this tower was formerly attached to the stables of Abbey House.
Local climate
Abbey House Water Tower receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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