The hidden tower!!!herts

lutonman12 · Aug 25, 2008

Whilst taking a short cut through a rural estate a couple of weeks ago i spotted off in the distance the top of a "building" that i had nt seen before.
Obviously this got me thinking!!!(as these things do!!)
So after an hour on google earth(seriously this was not easy to find!!)and two sore eyes later i found what i was looking for!!
So i hadnt dreamt it!!lol
Then onto the internet for a bit of research gotta be loads of info surely??
Not really!!!An old map confirmed what id seen on G/E!!
Surely a place this big wouldnt be "derelict" or "forgotten"??

So yesterday me and prendy79 went for the big explore!!This place is so hidden you dont know its there till your right on top of it!!
This was the first clue!!lol

Then after a bit of woodland trekking

Could nt believe it there it was !!!And this place is huge!!!!

A piece of one of the eaves from the roof!!!watch your head!!!

There was a pump house too,but it was a little bit overgrown!!!

Would you?????

Bit of a shame we didnt get inside

but managed to get the cam in for a few shots!!
note the original herringbone flooring joists!!!!they dont make em like that anymore!!

How thick are the walls??!!!

A couple of shots from the less"hidden" side!!!

So there it is !!!I was amazed at how anything this big just gets forgotten or lost!!!
And it just goes to show if you keep your eyes open its all out there for the taking!!!lol
A good day for it!!!

DarkPlace · Aug 25, 2008

That must have been an exciting find!

I'd love to get into that place, although I'd feel nervous about those old floorboards up top

DogRecon · Aug 25, 2008

Looks like a watertower, but to supply water where?

Great find though

Dirus_Strictus · Aug 25, 2008

Very nice, you have found a good example of a Victorian water tower. Must have been a grand sight when it was new. Have you found any evidence of the habitation/buildings that it served? Did the estate belong to a large country house that is still standing or has it all gone?

DarkPlace · Aug 25, 2008

Looks to me like a folly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folly

They have no purpose other than as an ornament. Often they have some of the appearance of a building constructed for a particular purpose, but this appearance is a sham.

fishcake · Aug 25, 2008

realy nice photos!

Seahorse · Aug 25, 2008

If it's a folly, why the pipework? Nah, deffo a water tower.

stesh · Aug 25, 2008

Water Tower

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_tower

lutonman12 · Aug 25, 2008

defo not a folly its a victorian water tower hence the tank on top we think it supplied the surrounding fields.

projectzip · Aug 25, 2008

lutonman12 said:
defo not a folly its a victorian water tower hence the tank on top we think it supplied the surrounding fields.

hey dude hit me up with a google or flash earth link via pm
Cheers

Dirus_Strictus · Aug 26, 2008

lutonman12 said:
defo not a folly its a victorian water tower hence the tank on top we think it supplied the surrounding fields.

The Victorians did some strange things, but this looks rather big for just an agricultural supply. Does your old map indicate any other buildings in the area, a small estate village maybe? One would expect a structure of this sort, being built to provide a water supply to a large building. If it was just for irrigation, somebody had very deep pockets - any ideas on who owned the land in the Victorian era?

Foxylady · Aug 26, 2008

Great to just come across something when out and about, isn't it! That's a really nice find. Good stuff.

King Al · Aug 26, 2008

Interesting find lutonman12, I would like to know what it was supplying though... would a Victorian underground weapons lab complex be out of the question...?

Engineer · Aug 26, 2008

Water Tower

Looking at the map I think it is just one of the many water towers around that part of the country.
There also seem to be many underground reservoirs in the area.

prendy79 · Aug 27, 2008

This was another good day out (although we didn't find any underground stylee which is what i was kinda hoping for).

Couldn't believe how well hidden it was considering the size of it, but one of the best random finds we've had.

No grand houses within reasonable distance just fields so not sure what it's use was.

Pics came out nice lutonman12, good to see the inside as it was too dark to see much by eye....

Might have to do a re-visit soon mate,see if we can get some inside pics.

mystery-t · Aug 28, 2008

lutonman12 said:
Whilst taking a short cut through a rural estate a couple of weeks ago i spotted off in the distance the top of a "building" that i had nt seen before.
Obviously this got me thinking!!!(as these things do!!)
So after an hour on google earth(seriously this was not easy to find!!)and two sore eyes later i found what i was looking for!!
So i hadnt dreamt it!!lol
Then onto the internet for a bit of research gotta be loads of info surely??
Not really!!!An old map confirmed what id seen on G/E!!
Surely a place this big wouldnt be "derelict" or "forgotten"??

So yesterday me and prendy79 went for the big explore!!This place is so hidden you dont know its there till your right on top of it!!
This was the first clue!!lol

Then after a bit of woodland trekking

Could nt believe it there it was !!!And this place is huge!!!!

A piece of one of the eaves from the roof!!!watch your head!!!

There was a pump house too,but it was a little bit overgrown!!!

Would you?????

Bit of a shame we didnt get inside but managed to get the cam in for a few shots!!
note the original herringbone flooring joists!!!!they dont make em like that anymore!!

How thick are the walls??!!!

A couple of shots from the less"hidden" side!!!

So there it is !!!I was amazed at how anything this big just gets forgotten or lost!!!
And it just goes to show if you keep your eyes open its all out there for the taking!!!lol
A good day for it!!!

Wicked find..theres something like that out on the way to weleyn garden city..but i think its an old church?

krela · Aug 28, 2008

Railway water tower?

fire*fly · Aug 28, 2008

cool find...shame it was locked

Andyj23uk · Aug 30, 2008

i watched a teevee prog about a ` similar ` water tower that was converted into a home [ at gret effort and expense ] that one had a huge wellshaft below it

i you cannot go up - see if you can go down

freebird · Aug 30, 2008

Wow what a nice find! What a pity you couldn't get access. Keep your eye on it! :mrgreen:

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