Water Tower at Dropmore Estate is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 2000. Water tower. 5 related planning applications.
Water Tower at Dropmore Estate
- WRENN ID
- carved-postern-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 2000
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower at Dropmore Estate, Heathfield Road, Taplow, SL1 8PD
- OS grid reference
- SU 925 861
- Coordinates
- 51.56688, -0.66632
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower at Dropmore Estate, dated 1900, is a Grade II listed building located on Heathfield Road in Taplow. Designed in a Gothic style, it is constructed of red brick with stone dressings, reinforced by iron girders, and features white brick on the interior. The roof is hidden by a cornice. The structure stands three storeys tall and has one window. It has a projecting cornice and a plinth, although much of the exterior is obscured by climbing plants. The main south front showcases large Diocletian windows on the second floor, a tripartite window on the first floor, and a round-headed arched doorcase on the ground floor, which contains a plank door with intricate ironwork. The east elevation features rectangular window openings and a narrow door.
Inside, the ground floor retains an original chequerwork floor, along with exposed iron girders and a column topped with a foliated capital. The first floor houses a large square cast iron water tank, while the second floor is devoid of equipment. This tower served as the estate water tower for the Dropmore estate.
Local climate
Water Tower at Dropmore Estate sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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 — 5 applications
- 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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