Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. Water tower.
Water Tower
- WRENN ID
- brooding-facade-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South MP: Mike Reader (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower, Abington Park, Northampton
- OS grid reference
- SP 777 618
- Coordinates
- 52.24933, -0.86245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower in Abington Park, built in 1678, is a Grade II listed structure. It is constructed from squared and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins. The building features a plinth, mid-height and eaves bands, and a parapet, topped with a conical slate roof. Later additions include buttresses at two corners. Below the main structure, there is a dovecote situated under the roof, along with an internal stair turret.
Local climate
Water Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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