Water Tower Approximately Five Metres to North of Hartforth Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Water tower.

Water Tower Approximately Five Metres to North of Hartforth Hall

WRENN ID
spare-terrace-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1987
Type
Water tower
OS grid reference
NZ 170 064
Coordinates
54.45331, -1.73881
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The water tower, located approximately five metres north of Hartforth Hall, was built in the late 19th century for Major Sheldon Cradock. It is constructed from ashlar and coursed rubble and features a three-storey square plan. The ground floor has two solid walls and two open round-arched openings, which are framed with ashlar architraves and supported by ashlar piers, with an impost band. The upper storeys are made of coursed rubble and include quoins, as well as two decorative bands between the first and second storeys. On the second floor, there are keyed oculi with architraves on all sides, housing a clock. The tower is topped with a cornice, a band, a parapet, and ball finials at each corner. A plaque on the ground floor indicates that the clock was installed in 1902 by Major Sheldon Cradock to commemorate his family's involvement in the Boer War. Access to the water tank was provided by a flight of stone steps from the stable courtyard, which is situated at a higher level, with the tower occupying one corner of this courtyard.

Local climate

Water Tower Approximately Five Metres to North of Hartforth Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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  2. Hartforth Hall Grade II* 29 m
  3. Gateway to Hartforth Hall Grade II 90 m
  4. No 1 Hartforth Village Grade II 240 m
  5. Gate Piers to South Drive of Hartforth Hall Grade II 251 m
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  7. Barn and Wheelhouse at Home Farm Grade II 262 m
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  9. Bridge Over Hartforth Beck Grade II 310 m
  10. Garden Walls of Hartforth Hall Grade II 333 m