Water Tower, Schoolbrae, Garmouth is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 August 1981. Water tower.

Water Tower, Schoolbrae, Garmouth

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 August 1981
Type
Water tower
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Jenkins and Marr, consulting engineers, 1898-1901; J Hunter Clark, Plumbers, Elgin, contractor; Mr Ogilvy, builder; lower entrance sealed 1990. Exceptional circular 2-stage water tower (decommissioned 1988) with slated conical roof, with claim to be one of Scotland's earliest reinforced concrete structures (see Notes). Prominently sited on high ground above Garmouth village, and built to supply gravity fed water from reservoir high up on Fochabers Burn to Garmouth and Kingston, via unusual tandem chamber arrangement within tower.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: 2 doorways to S, that to lower at semi-basement level now sealed, that to upper chamber rising through wallhead within piended dormer.

INTERIOR: access not possible (2008) as lower entrance now sealed. See Notes for details of 2006 Linn and Archibald report on upper section.

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