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WATER TOWERS IN BRITAINBarton map number 1 DEVON CORNWALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION
In order to display a database of water towers, Britain has been divided into county groups with each group on a separate web page. The starting point is the towers identified in Barton B. (2003) Water Towers of Britain, The Newcomen Society. This data has then been updated.
Website: Click Here ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Devon  HIGHER CLOVELLY WATER TOWER (01DV01)Just south of Clovelly in North Devon up a short turning south off the A39 road. This recently converted water tower is now a 4 bedroom residential home. It was purchased when redundant, in 2019. It was first built during the second world war. Grid Ref.324231. There is an aerial mast adjacent. 2. Holsworthy  STIBBS CROSS WATER TOWER (01DV03)This square concrete tower is in the corner of a field about one mile north-west of Stibbs Cross. Grid Ref, 416163. Being at the top of a hill, it is visible from a vast distance.  SHIRWELL CROSS WATER TOWER (01DV04)This square concrete tower lies just to the south-west of the village of Shirwell, about 3 miles north of Barnstable. Immediately adjacent is an aerial mast. Grid Ref. 590371.  DUNKESWELL WATER TOWER (01DV05)A modern water tower located on the south of Dunkeswell in Long Lane, north of Honiton. This circular tower is 62 feet high. It was built in 1989 and holds 80,000 gallons. Grid Ref. ST 13440 05850.  NEWTON FERRERS WATER TOWER (01DV06)Managed by South-West Water, this tower has been decorated, making it an attractive building on the edge of a housing estate. Grid Ref.555489. It is located just off the B3186 at Butts Park, south-west of Yeatmpton south-east of Plymouth. 7. Outer Down, Chagford  EAST PRAWLE WATER TOWER (01DV08)East Prawle lies in the southernmost part of Devon near Prawle Point on the eastern side of the Kingsbridge Estuary. The tower is located just north near Moor Farm, at the Knowle fork in the road. Grid Ref.778374. It is managed by South West Water.  JAWBONE HILL WATER TOWER (01DV09)This tower is located just south of Dartmouth east of the A 379. Grid Ref. 872505. The tower is adjacent to Beacon Park, a public open space.  CEDARS ROAD WATER TOWER (01DV10)Cedars Road, Torquay, lies within the town boundaries. It is a derelict water tower no longer with its tank. Instead it's arched brickwork is now used to support aerial masts and associated paraphernalia. The area is densely wooded and the ruins can be seen through the trees. It was once managed by Warburry Hill Waters but is now under the jurisdiction of Vodaphone.  TOPSHAM 1 WATER TOWER (01DV11)Topsham lies just south of Exeter on the eastern side of the River Exe. The tower is known as the Sunhill Service Reservoir managed by South West Water. Grid Ref. 967887. 11. TOPSHAM 2  BROADCLYST TOWER (01DV12)Broadclyst lies north-east of Exeter, adjacent to the M5 motorway. The tower is privately owned and its future for conversion is under review. The owner has had it since the late 20th century. Grid Ref. 983967. Its possible sale is up for negotiation at a price in excess of a quarter of a million pounds, including a quarter of an acre of land. Previous it was owned by South West Water and overlooks a National Trust property. 13. Halfway tower demolished and the site, adjacent to an aerial mast, is for sale(July 2023) 14. Branscombe - not found.  SEATON WATER TOWER (01DV15)This tower lies just off the A 3052 by Tower Services and a lodge park, just north of Seaton. Named "The Water Tower", it is now a private house having been converted to residential. Previously it was under the care of the East Devon Water Board. Grid ref. 234915.  IVYBRIDGE WATER TOWER (01DV16)Moorhaven Village, Ivybridge. Just off the A38 road south of Dartmoor. This location was once Plymouth Borough Asylum, later Moorhaven Hospital, which closed in 1993. The water tower was built in 1885 and has eight floors which are now residential, like many of the former hospital buildings. It was put up for sale for £450,000 following the closure.  NETHERCOT HOUSE WATER TOWER (01DV17)This two storey tower lies in the grounds of Nethercott House, now a school about 2 miles north-north-west of Hatherleigh. The house caters for the "Farms for City Children". The tower no longer functions as a water tower and is not easily found. It lies behind a wall just off the country lane. Grid ref. 565068. 18. Reeve Castle - restricted access  ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL WATER TOWER (01DV19)Stonehouse, Plymouth. The hospital became operational in the early 1760s, however water was a problem and the Navy were swiftly obliged to build a reservoir at the highest point of the site, in the form of a water tower, to supplement supply during demand peaks. The huge, lead-lined, octagonal tank at the top was filled by a continuous leather bucket chain, driven by a donkey walking around a windlass. Later the donkey was replaced by a steam engine. The buckets it drove dipped into the leat which still runs right beneath the house kitchen. The octagonal water tower was built by French prisoners from the Seven Years War and the top gallery of the tower was used as an air raid post in World War II. The tower was converted to residential in the 21st century. Grid Ref. 466547.  EXMINSTER STATION WATER TOWER (01DV20)This tower once resided on the station footway at Exminster in Devon, just south of Exeter. The South Devon Railway as it was first known, was opened to public traffic between Exeter and Teignmouth on Saturday 30th June 1846, having been laid as a single-track 7-foot 0¼-inch Broad Gauge line. Exminster station closed on March 30 1964. Little now remains of the station.
1. Penzance 2. Rosudgeon 3. Mainlay, Culdrose 4. Predannack 5 St Mawes 6. Trewartha 7. Garron, Trevarrick 8. Trefrida, Jacobstow 9. Saltash  TRELISSICK WATER TOWER (01CW10) Location: Feock near Truro, Cornwall. This building was once used as a reservoir in the 1860s. Now it is available for holiday lets with a difference, having been converted to residential accommodation. It is four storeys high with only one room on each floor, thus a stay at Trelissick Water Tower will be like no other. You’ll enter through arched barn doors and climb its winding staircase to circular-shaped rooms with gothic-style windows. Located on the Trelissick estate, it’s a fine example of the Victorian embellishment of utilitarian buildings. At the top of the tower was a bell, rung at the beginning and end of the working day for the estate workers. The property is now owned by the National Trust and is available to rent through their website. 11. Butts Incline The following details a rather unexpected water tower in the U.S. 
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