Tyne and Wear HER(9183): Forth Street, water tower - Details
9183
Newcastle
Forth Street, water tower
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Water Supply and Drainage
Water Storage Site
Water Tower
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Structure
This structure was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'Water tower. Dated on plaque on tank NER/1891; for North Eastern Railway. Rockfaced sandstone with ashlar dressings; iron tank. 3 storeys, 5 bays and tank on top. Flat stone lintels and slightly projecting stone sills to mullioned-and-transomed windows on ground and first floors; similar sills to round-headed second-floor windows under stone arches. Moulded cornice, Chimney stacks on returns and high corniced chimneys, square yellow pots to that at right. Tank about 2m high and of same dimensions as building.' LISTED GRADE 2
424580
563714
NZ424580563714
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 23/246; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355257