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Latitude: 50.9107 / 50°54'38"N
Longitude: -0.338 / 0°20'16"W
OS Eastings: 516939
OS Northings: 113670
OS Grid: TQ169136
Mapcode National: GBR HLC.Z6R
Mapcode Global: FRA B65P.Q41
Plus Code: 9C2XWM66+7Q
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
Listing Date: 9 May 1980
Last Amended: 21 April 2005
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1027254
English Heritage Legacy ID: 298760
ID on this website: 101027254
Location: Horsham, West Sussex, BN44
County: West Sussex
District: Horsham
Civil Parish: Steyning
Built-Up Area: Steyning
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Sussex
Church of England Parish: Steyning St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Chichester
Tagged with: Water tower
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.]
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