Forth Street, water tower
Forth Street, water tower
HER Number
9183
District
Newcastle
Site Name
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
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
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
'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
424580
Northing
563714
Grid Reference
NZ424580563714
Sources
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