Water Tower Approximately 200 Metres North West of Reeve Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Water tower.
Water Tower Approximately 200 Metres North West of Reeve Castle
- WRENN ID
- ghost-mullion-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Water tower
- OS grid reference
- SS 708 030
- Coordinates
- 50.8124, -3.83396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a water tower located approximately 200 metres north-west of Reeve Castle, built around 1900. It is constructed from rubble and brick, with an unknown roof material. The tower has a tall square shape, with the lower section made of rubble and red brick quoins. The upper part is faced with red brick, featuring a lower band of cream-coloured brick and an upper dripcourse. There is a doorway on the east side and a single stair window. A stair turret projects upwards to a flat roof that is enclosed with plain iron railings. The water was pumped into the tower by an iron-framed windmill, which is positioned nearby on its side. This water tower supplied the necessary head of water for the intricate system of water gardens, ponds, lakes, and a waterfall in the grounds of Reeve Castle.
Local climate
Water Tower Approximately 200 Metres North West of Reeve Castle receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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