Knowle Water Tower

KNOWLE WATER TOWER, TALBOT ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1209552
Date first listed:
04-Mar-1977
Statutory Address:
KNOWLE WATER TOWER, TALBOT ROAD
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Date:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1209552
Date first listed:
04-Mar-1977
Statutory Address 1:
KNOWLE WATER TOWER, TALBOT ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
KNOWLE WATER TOWER, TALBOT ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
ST 61008 70685

Details

BRISTOL

ST316170 TALBOT ROAD, Knowle 901-1/48/1559 (West side) 04/03/77 Knowle Water Tower

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Water tower. Dated 1905. For Bristol Waterworks. Red brick and stone dressings, slate pyramidal roof. Square Gothic tower. 3 storeys; 2-window range. Second floor containing header tank overhangs with arcaded machicolations, and has 5 arrow slits in a recessed arcade and a crenellated parapet. Below, deep supports on weathered plinths form 2 blind lancet arches with hoodmoulds, containing small lancet windows with metal frames and interlacing heads in the ground and first floors. Date pad reads BWW 1906.

Listing NGR: ST6100870685

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380653
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