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| Name: | Water Tower, St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath |
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| HER Number: | MLI60605 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
Former water tower at St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath. Demolished in 2014.
| Grid Reference: | SK 981 676 |
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| Map Sheet: | SK96NE |
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| Parish: | BRACEBRIDGE HEATH, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
An early 20th century water tower is located within the grounds of St John's Hospital. The structure is believed to have been built in about 1924, and combines a remarkable slenderness with elegance of form. The tower is 125ft high overall, and supports a hexagonal tank of 30,000 gallons capacity on top of six slightly splayed legs. It stands upon a shallow raft foundation of reinforced concrete, and was originally built to serve the hospital laundry. {1}{2}{3}
The tower was specifically mentioned in the listing documentation for the main building at St John’s Hospital (PRN 61564), but was demolished in July 2014. {4}{5}
<1> Barry M.J. Barton, 1996, Water Towers in Lincolnshire Letter, - (Correspondence). SLI4619.
<2> Mark Bennet (ed.), 1997, 'Industrial Archaeology Notes' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, vol.32, pp.40-1 (Article in Serial). SLI729.
<3> Barry M.J. Barton, 2003, Water Towers of Britain, pp.73-4, 134 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI10325.
<4> Historic England (formerly English Heritage), 2011->, The National Heritage List for England, 1205000 St John's Hospital main building (Website). SLI13386.
<5> 2014, Flickr website, Video of demolition: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricklus/14456455660/ (Website). SLI14625.
Monument Types
- WATER TOWER (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1924 AD to 2014 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Correspondence: Barry M.J. Barton. 1996. Water Towers in Lincolnshire Letter. -. |
| <2> | Article in Serial: Mark Bennet (ed.). 1997. 'Industrial Archaeology Notes' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.32, pp.40-1. |
| <3> | Bibliographic Reference: Barry M.J. Barton. 2003. Water Towers of Britain. pp.73-4, 134. |
| <4> | Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1205000 St John's Hospital main building. |
| <5> | Website: 2014. Flickr website. https://www.flickr.com/. Video of demolition: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricklus/14456455660/. |
Related records
| MLI81421 | Part of: St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath (Building) |
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