Listed Building: WATER TOWER IN MEYRICK PARK AT 18TH HOLE OF GOLF COURSE (101938)

The following building shall be added to the list SZ 0891 BOURNEMOUTH CENTRAL DRIVE (west side, off) 13/172 Water tower in Meyrick Park at 18th hole of golf course II Water tower, 1900 for the Bournemouth Commissioners. Concrete. Circular water tank supported by 6 tall, square, columns. Columns have plinths; moulded bases, cornices and capitals; 3 chamfered horizontal braces between each pair of columns; and at top moulded round arches and cornice swept out below short, corniced, water tank. Within the columns is a cast-iron stair, supported by 3 iron columns, which has slotted treads and risers; swept tread supports; and rectangular balusters with panels and capitals. The underside of the tank is ribbed and has corbels projecting from columns and circular stair-entry. A former wooden balustrade from the top of the tank was lying in sections on the ground beside the tower at time of inspection. This was a header tank which supplied water to a large ornamental fountain in the Lower Pleasure Gardens. SZ 0891 BOURNEMOUTH MEYRICK PARK 13/172 Water tower in Meyrick Park at 18th hole of golf course II See under Central Drive. Listing NGR: SZ0828291661

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