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Latitude: 52.476 / 52°28'33"N
Longitude: -1.4794 / 1°28'45"W
OS Eastings: 435459
OS Northings: 286576
OS Grid: SP354865
Mapcode National: GBR 6L8.QT2
Mapcode Global: VHBWS.91S7
Plus Code: 9C4WFGGC+97
Entry Name: Water Tower
Listing Date: 13 May 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1116416
English Heritage Legacy ID: 308620
ID on this website: 101116416
Location: Black Bank, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12
County: Warwickshire
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth
Electoral Ward/Division: Bede
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bedworth
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire
Church of England Parish: Bedworth All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
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NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH
Bedworth
TOWER ROAD (south side)
Water Tower
13/05/87
II
Water tower, now disused. Dated 1898. English bond brick. Plain-tile pyramid roof has deep boxed eaves. Square plan. Simplified Romanesque style. Six high storeys; three window range. Ground floor is slightly battered. Double-leaf moulded six-panelled doors and fanlight are deeply recessed within doorway of six simply-moulded brick orders and hood mould. Large framed panel above has inscription 'BEDWORTH WATERWORKS 1898' in relief. Chamfered single-light windows to left and right of door. Moulded string course. Main body of tower has each face set back between large corner piers, and with deep splay to top and bottom. Full-height narrow round arches have four storeys of windows, with terracotta panels of floriated ornament between each floor. Return sides have blind arches. Moulded string course and Lombard frieze. Top stage has large angle shafts. Hallow-splayed sill. Four bay arcades to each side have stone shafts, wooden louvres and continuous hood mould. Shallow roof rises to steep pyramidal finial. Interior has iron spiral staircase. The tower is approximately 45 metres high.
Listing NGR: SP3545986576
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