Tower to South of Former Stone Built Mill Building at Morgan Printing Machinery Works is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. Tower.

Tower to South of Former Stone Built Mill Building at Morgan Printing Machinery Works

WRENN ID
south-frieze-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stroud
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Type
Tower
Address
Tower to South of Former Stone Built Mill Building at Morgan Printing Machinery Works, Wotton Road, Kingswood
OS grid reference
ST 746 921
Coordinates
51.62714, -2.36783
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tower, likely once used for water storage, is located to the south of the former stone-built mill building at Morgan Printing Machinery Works in Kingswood. It dates from the mid to late 19th century and features a cast iron square structure set on a brick and iron base. The tower is adorned with classical designs in three panels on each side, a key-pattern style frieze at the top, a moulded cornice, and a small pediment on the west side that includes a wreath and foliage design.

Local climate

Tower to South of Former Stone Built Mill Building at Morgan Printing Machinery Works receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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