Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
24043
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/09/2000
Date of Amendment
29/09/2000
Name of Property
Water Tank at Tintern Station
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Wye Valley
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Tintern Parva
Easting
353767
Northing
200725
Street Side
Location
On a meadow at a loop of the river Wye to N of Tintern Abbey.
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
The water tank was built in 1876 by the Monmouth and Wye Valley Railway which became a part of the Great Western Railway in 1908.
Exterior
The water tank is constructed of squared rock faced sandstone with a wrought iron water tank. Square stone base with a door on one side and a recessed panel to the front. The water tank is of 3 x 3 wrought iron plates which project slightly over the base.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a very rare surviving Victorian railway water tank and for its group value with the other buildings at Tintern station.
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