Listed Building record MWX812 - The Old Water Tower, 12 and 14 Purbeck Terrace Road, Swanage

The water tower is dated 1886 and is built of square Purbeck stone. The building is in medieval military style. On the east face, between the windows, is the date stone. Above this, below the parapet, is a stone inscribed "239 ft above sea level". Immediately above this is a stone panel lettered "Swanage Water Works". The parapet is finished with battlements. In the front righthand corner is a circular projecting turret with a seagull weathervane. Attached to the south of the tower is a single-storey block with Purbeck stone walls and roof.

The water tower is dated 1886 and is built of square Purbeck stone. The building is in medieval military style and the tower is of three stages, the centre stage has two round-headed windows in the north and east faces. On the east face, between the windows, is the date stone. Above this, below the parapet, is a stone inscribed "239 ft above sea level". Immediately above this is a stone panel lettered "Swanage Water Works", this is now rather faint. The top stage of the tower has two narrow slit windows in each face. The parapet is finished with battlements above a projecting string course. In the front righthand corner is a circular projecting turret with a seagull weathervane. Attached to the south of the tower is a single-storey block with Purbeck stone walls and roof. <2>

Recorded by NRIM. Photographed. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM), Recorded by D Young, 05-Apr-1974, Record No. DO17 (Index). SDO17399.

<2> DOE (HRR), 23 Mar 1983, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of Purbeck amendment 1983, p48 (Scheduling record). SWX3310.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF104306 (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: OLD WATER TOWER, 12-14 PURBECK TERRACE ROAD, SWANAGE.

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, NRI01 (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM): Index Cards. Scope & Content: This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. The collection consists of topographically arranged index cards and copies relating to individual monuments and county lists of monuments associated with the National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM) between 1963 and 1980. The NRIM was set up by the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) in 1963 and administration was taken over by the University of Bath in 1965. Record cards for individual buildings were completed by interested parties and submitted. Sets of cards were maintained by the CBA, University of Bath (latterly the Industrial Monuments Survey) and the National Monuments Record. In 2012 the collection was updated by Heritage Data and where appropriate monuments were allocated a county designation number.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1308710 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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