List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: TROW POOL WATER TOWER
List Entry Number: 1389392
Location
TROW POOL WATER TOWER
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Oxfordshire
District: Cherwell
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Bucknell
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 22-Aug-2001
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 488051
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List Entry Description
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Details
1713/0/10030
22-AUG-01
BICESTER
BUCKNELL
Trow Pool Water Tower
II
Water Tower. 1909. Local stone rubble with concrete cap, metal platform and tiled roof.
PLAN: Square plan with flared base to each side and corner. Ground level entrance at one face to hollow centre. Upper level for lead tank. Projecting metal platform wraps around at upper level.
FACADE: Arcaded with one large arch (with keystone, voussoirs and banding) to each face springing from impost that also defines the corner piers flared to base. Two opposite sides: arch is blind with ledge at bottom. '1909' stone date plaque and crest to one blind arch. Other two opposite sides: arch is open to hollow centre with base of arch as slightly recessed wall capped with rough stones. Ground level opening (same detail as large arches) to hollow centre at one face. Above the arches is a wrap-around projecting metal platform supported by 4 brackets to each face, concrete section and hipped roof with flat cap.
INTERIOR: One open room at ground level. Upper level for water tank.
HISTORY: Built by Major Philip Hunloke to serve the estate Bucknell Manor and the village of Bucknell and used until the 1950s when mains water installed.
Listing NGR: SP5486024801
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Map
National Grid Reference: SP5486024801
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