Information for record number MWA2194:
Site of Post Medieval Water Tower at Northgate Street

Summary A waterworks, to supply the inhabitants of Warwick with water, was built in the Post Medieval period. It was situated at the end of Northgate Street, Warwick.
What Is It?  
Type: Waterworks, Water Tank
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A water tower is shown at the end of Northgate Street.
2 A waterhouse built by John Hopkins in 1693 to supply Warwick's inhabitants with water. It was a substantial building, probably of stone and included a tank or cisterns in to which water from Priory Pools (?WA 1973) was pumped with underground pipework providing the supply to the houses. The tank or cisterns were probably elevated so as to reach the better housing in the higher parts of the town. Superceded in the second part of the 18th century when a new waterhouse was built 100m to the east at the top of The Butts (WA 9142), under new management. The redundant waterhouse was converted in to dwellings, which were declared a liability in 1774 and by 1786 the site was clear.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: The Warwick Waterhouses
Author/originator: Brace, John
Date: 1996
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Warwick
Author/originator: Fish J
Date: 1711
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Glossary

 
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument POOL * A small body of water, either natural or artificial. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CISTERN * A covered tank in which rainwater is stored for use when required. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument DWELLING * Places of residence. back
monument WATER TANK * A receptacle for the storage of water. back
monument PRIORY * A monastery governed by a prior or prioress. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, FRIARY, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument WATERWORKS * Buildings, engineering constructions and machinery, used for the purpose of supplying a town, etc, with water distributed through pipes. back
monument WATER TOWER * A tower serving as a reservoir to deliver water at a required point. back
monument BUTTS * A mound or structure on which an archery, musketry or artillery target is erected. Use specific type where known. back
monument TOWN * An assemblage of public and private buildings, larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government. back
monument TANK * Armoured military vehicle with its own firepower, which operates on tracks for troop mobility over rough terrain. Some may be adapted, or purpose-built, to be amphibious, and may then be double-indexed as AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE. back

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