Water tower, Water Tower Hill
Introduction
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Water tower, Water Tower Hill
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 20 Mar 2011
The Victorians customarily put an impressive amount of effort into even utilitarian structures such as this. It was the work of Baldwin Latham, the Borough Engineer, in 1867, designed in a neo-Norman style with ornamental brickwork and a bartizan. It was gutted in 1971, and now sits in public park behind a fence. Grade II listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.368483
Longitude
-0.090067