Old Water Tower to North of Seascale Sports Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1989. A C19 Water tower. 1 related planning application.
Old Water Tower to North of Seascale Sports Hall
- WRENN ID
- kindled-trefoil-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1989
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Old Water Tower to North of Seascale Sports Hall, Gosforth Road
- OS grid reference
- NY 037 010
- Coordinates
- 54.39594, -3.48385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Water Tower, located to the north of Seascale Sports Hall, is a three-stage water tower built in the late 19th century for the Furness Railway Company. It is constructed from rock-faced stone with ashlar bands and dressings, topped with a conical slate roof that is corbelled out at the top. The tower features a two-light single-chamfered mullioned window on both the first and third stages. There is an entrance on the south side with a shouldered lintel. To the north, a projecting stack has a round shaft, and the conical roof is adorned with a finial. This structure serves as a prominent landmark near the seashore.
Local climate
Old Water Tower to North of Seascale Sports Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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