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[[File:GrandDesignsHeaderImage.jpeg|right|300px]] Often described as modern day 'sky castles' the 'Water Tower Home' (Chimni Typology 8.1.4) has to be one of the least common of the home types in the [[Chimni Home Typology]].
[[File:GrandDesignsHeaderImage.jpeg|right|300px]] Often described as modern day 'sky castles' the 'Water Tower Home' (Chimni Typology 8.1.4) has to be one of the least common of the home types in the [[Chimni Home Typology]].


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==Notable Water Tower Homes==
==Series 1 ==
 
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File:GrandDesignsWaterTower.jpg| [[Water Towers|Water Tower Home]] in a former Lambeth workhouse in Kennington, South London.
File:House-in-the-Clouds.jpg|'House In The Clouds', at Thorpeness in Suffolk
File:LymmWaterTower.jpg|Lymm Water Tower.
File:WaterTowerSteneHill.jpg| 'The Water Tower' at Stede Hill, Harrietsham, Kent
File:TheDomeHouse.jpg|The [[Dome Houses|Dome House]] 2011, built by owner Robert Gaukroger and his family.
File:Watertower tom dixon.jpg| 'The Water Tower House' by Tom Dixon, London
File:RoundHouse-DevonGD.jpg|The timber built [[Round Houses|Round House]], Devon that featured on the UK’s Channel4 ‘Grand Designs’
File:TheThomasHomes WaterTower.jpg| 'The Water Tower' converted by Thomas Homes at Limes Park, Basingstoke
File:AppletonNorfolk.JPG|'The Appleton Water Tower', Norfolk. Turned into a home by the Landmark Trust.
File:CheveleyCambridgeshire.JPG|'The Water Tower' Cheverley, Cambridgeshire via @The_ModerneHouse
File:TheCromwellTower-Warwickshire.jpg|The Cromwell Tower, Warwickshire. It was built in 1930 for the Corporation of Coventry and converted in 2014.
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==Series 1 ==
==Series 4==


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File:GrandDesignsWaterTower.jpg| Water Tower Home in a former Lambeth workhouse in Kennington, South London. As seen on C4's Grand Designs
File:CastleDinton-Buckinghamshire.jpg|Originally a folly built in 1769, Castle Dinton in Buckinghamshire was a GradeII* ruin till converted by Spanish Architect Fernandez. It appeared on Grand Designs in 2018.
File:LymmWaterTower.jpg|Lymm Water Tower featured in an early series of C4’s Grand Designs.


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==Non-Residential Conversions==
==Non-Residential Conversions==
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==Other Interesting Web Sites==
==Other Interesting Web Sites==

Latest revision as of 13:04, 25 September 2020

Often described as modern day 'sky castles' the 'Water Tower Home' (Chimni Typology 8.1.4) has to be one of the least common of the home types in the Chimni Home Typology.


Series 1[edit]

  • Water Tower Home in a former Lambeth workhouse in Kennington, South London.

    Water Tower Home in a former Lambeth workhouse in Kennington, South London.

  • Lymm Water Tower.

    Lymm Water Tower.

  • The Dome House 2011, built by owner Robert Gaukroger and his family.

    The Dome House 2011, built by owner Robert Gaukroger and his family.

  • The timber built Round House, Devon that featured on the UK’s Channel4 ‘Grand Designs’

    The timber built Round House, Devon that featured on the UK’s Channel4 ‘Grand Designs’

Series 4[edit]

  • Originally a folly built in 1769, Castle Dinton in Buckinghamshire was a GradeII* ruin till converted by Spanish Architect Fernandez. It appeared on Grand Designs in 2018.

    Originally a folly built in 1769, Castle Dinton in Buckinghamshire was a GradeII* ruin till converted by Spanish Architect Fernandez. It appeared on Grand Designs in 2018.


Non-Residential Conversions[edit]

See Also In Chimni[edit]

ChimniWiki Chimni Home Typology

ChimniWiki Homes Used As TV & Movie Locations

Other Interesting Web Sites[edit]

Books We Liked[edit]

References[edit]

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