British Water Tower Appreciation Society

The only British society dedicated to water tower culture and history. "Onwards and Upwards"

Monday, 28 December 2009

Landmark Lendal Tower up for sale

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The Lendal Tower in the city of York is up for sale. Previously described in this blog, according to the Yorkshire Post the 700 year old ...
Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Stanbridge Road, Leighton Buzzard (1896)

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This photograph of the Victorian water tower, that stood to the south of Stanbridge Road, at about SP 935 247 , was kindly sent to me by Bed...
Saturday, 19 December 2009

Whose Horton's hearings?

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The fate of an abandoned circa 1912-24 water tower at the former Horton Asylum in Epsom remains in doubt after a meeting of the local coun...
Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Water tower tea cosy

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Here at BWTAS we're somewhat mystified as to why, perhaps someone will explain, but we came across this neat film of crochet artist ...
Thursday, 3 December 2009

L'Auberge Hotel in Punta del Este, Uruguay

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"More than five decades old, the famous water tower of L'Auberge rises, majestic, amidst ...
Sunday, 29 November 2009

A new member writes...

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BWTAS are  really pleased to hear from Alf in Norwich who has written to us "I have been enjoying your website for free for a couple of...
Saturday, 28 November 2009

House in the Clouds treading the boards this summer

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BWTAS hears that the iconic water tower, Suffolk's very own House in the Clouds is to feature in the 63rd Aldeburgh Festival   running...
Saturday, 14 November 2009

Hyperboloid tower along the Silk Road

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BWTAS member Clare Johnson has passed along her correspondence with her acquaintance Mark Stevenson of Crouch End. Hearing of Cla...
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Tiptree, Essex: Victorian tower for sale

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We're not sure of the sales status of this tower, we find estate agents notoriously unreliable at deleting sold properties (it must be s...
Friday, 13 November 2009

Sheer fallacy

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It is well understood by many members of BWTAS and the vistors to our art exhibitions that water towers are inspirational objects for artis...
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