Water Tower (Westernmost of Pair) is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1987. Water tower. 1 related planning application.
Water Tower (Westernmost of Pair)
- WRENN ID
- half-newel-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1987
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower (Westernmost of Pair), Rockwell Green, Wellington, TA21 9BT
- OS grid reference
- ST 125 200
- Coordinates
- 50.97291, -3.24619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower, built around 1930, is constructed of concrete. It is the westernmost of a pair and comprises a central, circular four-storey tower encircled by concentric pillars braced to both the central tower and to each other. These concentric pillars support the water tank, which is wider in diameter than the tower itself. The central tower has a plinth and a double board door on its north side. It features five tiers of rectangular windows on each side (north-east, south-east, south-west, and north-west), most of which are iron-framed with fixed six-pane lights. The concentric pillars are square in plan, also with plinths and cornices. The triangular-ended braces connect the pillars, and the uppermost panels between the pillars are round-arched; brackets extend from the spandrels of these arches, supporting a cornice at the base of the water tank. The tank itself has recessed rectangular panels, a plain cornice, and a balustrade.
Local climate
Water Tower (Westernmost of Pair) receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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