Water Tank on West Platform of Kemble Station is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1986. Water tank. 4 related planning applications.
Water Tank on West Platform of Kemble Station
- WRENN ID
- muffled-floor-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1986
- Type
- Water tank
- Address
- Water Tank on West Platform of Kemble Station, Kemble and Ewen, GL7 6AW
- OS grid reference
- ST 984 976
- Coordinates
- 51.67744, -2.02341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tank on the west platform of Kemble Station is a large structure with pumping machinery located below. It was likely built around 1882, at the same time as the main station buildings on the Great Western Railway's Swindon to Gloucester line, which opened in 1845. The tank is rectangular and made of cast iron, consisting of riveted sections that are supported by six tall round columns. These columns are X-braced in pairs and feature curved brackets that support an iron beam with vertical oval piercings. The tank is topped with a curved bitumenised roof. In the center of the tank, there are two boxed-in pipes with attached wheels that operate the pumping machinery, which was presumably originally housed in a small adjoining wooden shed; however, the interior of the shed is not accessible to confirm the presence of the machinery.
Local climate
Water Tank on West Platform of Kemble Station 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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- 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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