Brick Built Water Tower in the Grounds of Digby Hospital

BRICK BUILT WATER TOWER IN THE GROUNDS OF DIGBY HOSPITAL, WOODWATER LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1375632
Date first listed:
09-Jul-1998
Statutory Address:
BRICK BUILT WATER TOWER IN THE GROUNDS OF DIGBY HOSPITAL, WOODWATER LANE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1375632
Date first listed:
09-Jul-1998
Statutory Address 1:
BRICK BUILT WATER TOWER IN THE GROUNDS OF DIGBY HOSPITAL, WOODWATER LANE

Location

Statutory Address:
BRICK BUILT WATER TOWER IN THE GROUNDS OF DIGBY HOSPITAL, WOODWATER LANE

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

County:
Devon
District:
Exeter (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SX9547491158

Details

SX99SE
871/25/10161

WOODWATER LANE
Brick built Water Tower in the grounds of Digby Hospital

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Water tower of asylum. Circa 1885-6; probably by R. Stark Wilkinson, the architect of Digby Hospital. Red brick with moulded brick classical details. Rectangular on plan with rounded corners. 4 x 6-bay arcaded sides with rubbed brick round arches, pilasters, moulded imposts and plinth, the cornices and coping breaking forwards at the pilasters which rise into the parapet. The open arcades form aisles around the core of the structure with transverse arches.

Listing NGR: SX9547491158

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469606
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