Newcastle, Forth Street, water tower

HER Number:
9183

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Forth Street, water tower

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific:
Water Tower

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

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

Easting:
2458

Northing:
6371

Grid Reference:
NZ24586371

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 23/246