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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 02 NE 73 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | FORMER WATER TOWER |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1890 to 1890 Water Tower, 1890. Used as a Fortress Observation Post in the Second World War.
| Grid Reference: | TR 08539 25215 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02NE |
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| Parish: | NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1069002: FORMER WATER TOWER |
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Full description
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Description from record TR 02 NE 11:
TR 086252. Water tower in Madiera Road, Littlestone-on-Sea. An ornate 6 storey red brick tower dated 1890 and 100 feet high. (1) 1449 MADEIRA ROAD LITTLESTONE-ON-SEA (West Side) Former Water Tower TR 02 NE 3/77 II 2. Dated 1890. A tall square-shaped tower of 6 storeys built of red brick with brick and stone buttresses. Octagonal staircase turret from 4th storey to roof having arrow slit windows. Crenellated parapet. 1 to 2 windows on each side. On the ground floor there are 2 casements. On the 1st and 2nd floors there is 1 3-light sash, that on the 2nd floor set in a Tudor arched head. The 3rd floor has 1 3-light sash. The 4th floor originally had a round window but this has now been filled in with brickwork to form a small fixed window. (2)
During the Second World War the tower was used as a Fortress Observation Post (4)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 1449 MADEIRA ROAD LITTLESTONE-ON-SEA (West Side)
Former Water Tower TR 02 NE 3/77
II
2. Dated 1890. A tall square-shaped tower of 6 storeys built of red brick with brick and stone buttresses. Octagonal staircase turret from 4th storey to roof having arrow slit windows. Crenellated parapet. 1 to 2 windows on each side. On the ground floor there are 2 casements. On the 1st and 2nd floors there is 1 3-light sash, that on the 2nd floor set in a Tudor arched head. The 3rd floor has 1 3-light sash. The 4th floor originally had a round window but this has now been filled in with brickwork to form a small fixed window. Listing NGR: TR0854025215 (5)
<1> Ind Arch SE Eng 1978 47 (A J Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44264.
<2> DOE(HHR) Boro of New Romney Kent 1973 19-20 (OS Card Reference). SKE40837.
<3> Field report for monument TR 02 NE 11 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5041.
<4> Pillbox Study Group, Pillbox Study Group communication (Verbal communication). SKE52253.
<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Ind Arch SE Eng 1978 47 (A J Haselfoot). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Boro of New Romney Kent 1973 19-20. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 02 NE 11 - May, 1963. |
| <4> | Verbal communication: Pillbox Study Group. Pillbox Study Group communication. |
| <5>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #32101 Water tower, ] |
