Water tower. Dated 1911. By Sir Reginald Blomfield. Tooled ashlar facing on a brick core, with a pyramidal slate roof. Baroque Revival detailing. Battered plinth, clasping pilasters, plain parapet on corbels. 2 stages. Square plan, with on each side a projecting centre with rebated corners and 5 small windows. South front has a massive door surround with channelled rustication and a cove-moulded round headed doorway with keystone, double doors and fanlight. Above it, an inscribed datestone. Second stage has a central bracketed canopy on each side, with the City arms in a cartouche to the south, and round windows in the remainder. Flanking panels have fleurs-de-lys in relief. The iron water tank is carried on a brick cylinder. The structure was given an elaborate ashlar facing to blend with the nearby historic buildings.