Tyne and Wear HER(9183): Newcastle, Forth Street, water tower - Details
9183
Newcastle
Newcastle, Forth Street, water tower
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Water Supply and Drainage
Water Storage Site
Water Tower
Early Modern
C19
Structure
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
2458
6371
NZ24586371
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 23/246