Water Tower and Sun Room at Wappingthorn to the North East of the House and to the North West of the Farm Buildings
WATER TOWER AND SUN ROOM AT WAPPINGTHORN TO THE NORTH EAST OF THE HOUSE AND TO THE NORTH WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, HORSHAM ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1027254
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Water Tower and Sun Room at Wappingthorn to the North East of the House and to the North West of the Farm Buildings
- Statutory Address:
- WATER TOWER AND SUN ROOM AT WAPPINGTHORN TO THE NORTH EAST OF THE HOUSE AND TO THE NORTH WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, HORSHAM ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1027254
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-1980
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Apr-2005
- List Entry Name:
- Water Tower and Sun Room at Wappingthorn to the North East of the House and to the North West of the Farm Buildings
- Statutory Address 1:
- WATER TOWER AND SUN ROOM AT WAPPINGTHORN TO THE NORTH EAST OF THE HOUSE AND TO THE NORTH WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, HORSHAM ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WATER TOWER AND SUN ROOM AT WAPPINGTHORN TO THE NORTH EAST OF THE HOUSE AND TO THE NORTH WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, HORSHAM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- West Sussex
- District:
- Horsham (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Steyning
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 16939 13670
Details
STEYNING
957/13/168 HORSHAM ROAD 09-MAY-80 WATER TOWER AND SUN ROOM AT WAPPINGTHORN TO THE NORTH EAST OF THE HOUSE AND TO THE NORTH WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS
GV II
Ornamental water tower with sun room above. Circa 1930. Designed by Maxwell Ayrton for Sir Arthur Howard. built of exposed reinforced concrete in two feet six inch lifts, all exposed concrete bush hammered with copper roof. Tapering tower of four stagesd with polygonal roof and a five feet wide concrete external staircase. The two lower stages have pointed arched windows, the next stage includes the water tower and the top stage has a sun room with large casement windows to take advantage of both sun and views.
A most unusual concrete combined water tower and sun room by a notable practitioner of concrete used architecturally rather than just structurally and one of a series of pioneering concrete buildings built on the estate.
[Article by J Gilchrist Wilson in "Concrete Quarterly" Oct-Dec. 1964.]
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 298760
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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