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WATER TOWERS IN BRITAINBarton map number 12
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.
Email: towers@thespas.co.uk (click here to send an email) Website: Click Here ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Suffolk 1 Burton End, Haverhill 2 Boyton Hall, Haverhill 3 Gazeley 4 Eriswell 5 Cavenham GONE 6 Cavenham Park 7 Depden 8 Risby  GLEMSFORD WATER TOWER, (12SF09) GONE Glemsford tower was located on Hunts Hill in Suffolk. Built in 1905, it stood out as a local landscape feature; the top water level exceeded the height above sea level of the Glemsford church tower by 30 feet. The cost of the scheme was 3000 pounds. The contractors for the engine house and tower were E. Tabor of Cambridge, The tower itself was 45 feet high but was demolished in 1962 having had a capacity of 30,000 gallons. 10 Bury St Edmunds 11 Sudbury GONE 12 Great Cornard 13 Bradfield St Clare 14 Lavenham 15 Ixworth GONE 16 Assington 17 Stowlangtoft 18 Boxford GONE 19 Watsons Corner 20 Stoke by Nayland 21 Elmswell 22 Nedging Tye 23 Danes Close, Stowmarket 24 Raydon 25 Finningham 26 Barking Tye 27 Stowupland GONE 28 Middlewood Green 29 Stone Lodge Lane, Ipswich 30 Eye (Cranley) 31 Gosbeck 32 Park Road, Ipswich 33 Freston 34 Bedingfield 35 Rushmere 1 & 2 36 Swilland 37 Rushmere Heath 1 & 2 38 Erwarton GONE 39 Woodlands (Fressingfield) 40 Woodbridge 41 Dennington 42 Sprites Hall Lane, Felixstowe 43 Pettistree 44 Framlingham 45 Flixton 46 Parham 47 Rendlesham 48 South Elmham St Michael 49 Hollesley 50 Lodge Wood 51 Ilketshall St Andrew 52 Saxmundham 53 Halesworth 54 Beccles 55 Shadingfield 56 Goldings Lane, Leiston 57 Blythburgh 58 Aldeburgh  HOUSE IN THE CLOUDS (12SF59) Thorpeness, Suffolk. This locality is a holiday resort created in the first half of the 20th century. The present presentation of the water tower was used to enhance a steel tower and tank. The original water tower was built in 1923. It stored 50,000 gallons of water. The style was considered ugly and so it was restyled as a house on top of a 70-foot tower. At the same time a post mill was relocated adjacent to the tower to provide a water pumping facility for use in connection with the tower. It pumped water from a 38 foot well below. The mill has been restored complete with pumping gear. In 1977 the tank was removed from the tower and the elevated house turned into residential accommodation. There is a second water tower in Thorpeness - see below (74). This resembles a castle entrance/church tower. 60 Southwold 1 & 2 61 Kessingland 62 Pakefield, Lowestoft 63 Stradbroke Road, Lowestoft 64 Hollingsworth Road, Lowestoft 65 Lakenheath 66 Elveden Park 67 Honington 1 & 2 68 Wattisham  ROYAL HOSPITAL WATER TOWER (12SF69) Holbrook, Suffolk. Founded in 1712 in Greenwich, London, it moved to its spectacular site, set in 200 acres of Suffolk countryside overlooking the River Stour, in 1933. The tower at the Royal Hospital School is probably the tallest water tower in England and was used for domestic water supply. The tower also contains a clock, for which it is better known. The tower is no longer used for water storage as another water tower replaces it. The water tank is in the middle of the tower, above the clock face, the exterior clad in Portland Stone. 70 Woolversone Park 71 Orwell Park, Nacton 72 Shotley Gate 73 Garretts, Leiston  THORPENESS WATER TOWER AND GATEWAY (12SF74) A Grade II listed property in the coastal village of Thorpeness, Suffolk. Once the water tower for the village, it was converted into a home in 2007 after being sold by Northumbrian Water. It's been out of use as a water tower since the 80s. At the top of the building, the fifth floor is a magnificent, vaulted room, formerly the water tower, with large arched windows. This is believed to offer the best views in Thorpeness, including the beach, the sea and Aldeburgh.  MARTELLO TOWER L (12SF75)Shotley, Suffolk. TM248336. Grade II listed. A gun tower dating from the early 19th century, located on military land overlooking the modern day mooring area and docks. Converted to a water tower and lookout station for naval use as HMS GANGES.  MARTELLO TOWER M (12SF78) Shotley, Suffolk. TM251341. Grade II listed. A gun tower dating from the early 19th century, located on military land overlooking the modern day mooring area and docks. Converted to a water tower for naval use as HMS GANGES. 
Suffolk has some strange water towers but this one elsewhere beats all. REGION England - Central, WATER TOWER INTEREST |
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