Old Water Tower is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. Water tower.

Old Water Tower

WRENN ID
slow-rafter-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1987
Type
Water tower
Address
Old Water Tower, Aske
OS grid reference
NZ 177 034
Coordinates
54.42656, -1.72833
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Water Tower is a disused structure dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is built of coursed dressed sandstone and features a Westmorland slate roof. The tower has two storeys and is designed as a single cell. It includes a plinth and a board door located below a keyed lintel. A moulded cornice adds to its architectural detail, and the roof is hipped. At the rear, there is a board door on the first floor, while the right side has a blind window also with a keyed lintel.

Local climate

Old Water Tower receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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