Listed Building: WATER TOWER (412636)

POOLE SZ09NW WATER TOWER ROAD, Broadstone 958-1/2/213 (West side) 30/06/80 Water Tower (Formerly Listed as: WATER TOWER LANE, Broadstone Water Tower) II Water tower. 1894. For Dorset Water Board. Red brick with purple and white brick dressings, some limestone and terracotta dressings, with cast-iron tank and other ironwork. Square plan. 3-stage tower with 2-bay sides, carrying a cast-iron tank. Tower has battered plinth of red brick in English bond with 2 recessed bands of purple brick and limestone roll moulding to top of plinth; broken by round-headed doorway to rear (regarding road elevation as front). Sides are divided into 2 bays by giant white brick pilaster strips to angles and centre of each side. Pilaster strips have tall, think sunk panels of red brick with round-arched heads and bands of red brick above, defining "capitals". Round arches of white brick join pilaster strips and frame 3 tiers of tall iron-framed windows with round-arched heads of white brick except to rear, which is windowless; dentilled brick string courses at stage levels within giant arches. Large terracotta paterae to spandrels of arches joining pilaster strips and round-arched corbel frieze, framing circular windows. Cast-iron brackets between arches of corbel frieze support iron railing and timber deck of walkway round base of tank, which is approached by external stair from round-headed doorway to rear directly below corbel frieze. Tank has pattern of 7 square panels in 3 tiers, framing circle joined to corners by diagonals. INTERIOR not inspected. An architecturally distinguished example of its type. Listing NGR: SZ0117495826

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