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Liquid asset! Stunning 75ft water tower that was transformed into six-bed home on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces on Ch4 hits the market for £1.5m
Cromwell Tower, a dilapidated 1930s building as tall as a seven-storey house, was bought at auction a decade ago. Its recent transformation into a towering six-bedroom luxury home will feature on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces later this month. The tower, in Burton Green, Warwickshire, was built to supply the town of Kenilworth with water. It was decommissioned in 2004 and sold off in 2009. The current owners began converting it in 2016. They kept some original features, including the ornate spiral staircase, some depth gauges which worked the water level, and some exposed stonework.
The property now has 7,535 sq ft of accommodation over four floors with a self-contained guest suite, a reception hall, games room, gym and garage on the ground floor, an open plan kitchen/breakfast room and sitting room and a dining room on the first floor, and six bedrooms and five bathrooms over the above two floors. There is also a large tank room on the fifth floor which is currently empty but could also be converted, and an astro-turfed roof terrace.
William Ward-Jones, from estate agents Knight Frank, said: 'The current owners did all the work to the tower. They wanted a project and loved its Art Deco styling, but they had to do a lot and at considerable cost.
'They had to cut windows through the concrete to turn it into a home. Now it has a self-contained apartment, a games room, a garage with an internal car lift - it's incredible. It's amazing what they have done, it would be hard to know where to start with a project like that. There's still lots of scope for someone to develop the property further - there's the 3,000 sq ft water tank at the top that's completely empty. That could be converted into a penthouse apartment or incorporated into the existing living quarters. The water tank is 16ft deep and used to hold 1.5m litres of water.'
'The roof terrace alone is incredible. From the top you have nothing but open views of rolling countryside. But the appeal of the property is also the exposed stone work, the orientation of each room allowing for the view, the little details you spot when you get through the door. It's very niche, but so impressive. The whole thing is just absolutely stunning. It's not going to appeal to down-sizers who want to get away from multi-storey living because there are a lot of stairs, but I think it could appeal to anybody else across a wide market. The house is very different and very individual, it's a very fun house but has also been designed well for a family home. They've kept original features like the original staircase - you could use it but it's more of a show piece really - to show a bit of its former life. It's just stunning.'
Liquid asset! Stunning 75ft water tower that was transformed into six-bed home on Ch4 | Daily Mail Online
- The massive and unusual building was created in the 1930s to supply Kenilworth in Warwickshire with water
- The new owners have spent the last three years converting it into an amazing home after buying it at auction
- The tower now has windows, a gym, six bedrooms, five bathrooms, and even a garage with an internal car lift
- The huge 16-foot-ceilinged top floor used to be a 1.5million litre water tank and could become a penthouse
Cromwell Tower, a dilapidated 1930s building as tall as a seven-storey house, was bought at auction a decade ago. Its recent transformation into a towering six-bedroom luxury home will feature on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces later this month. The tower, in Burton Green, Warwickshire, was built to supply the town of Kenilworth with water. It was decommissioned in 2004 and sold off in 2009. The current owners began converting it in 2016. They kept some original features, including the ornate spiral staircase, some depth gauges which worked the water level, and some exposed stonework.
The property now has 7,535 sq ft of accommodation over four floors with a self-contained guest suite, a reception hall, games room, gym and garage on the ground floor, an open plan kitchen/breakfast room and sitting room and a dining room on the first floor, and six bedrooms and five bathrooms over the above two floors. There is also a large tank room on the fifth floor which is currently empty but could also be converted, and an astro-turfed roof terrace.
William Ward-Jones, from estate agents Knight Frank, said: 'The current owners did all the work to the tower. They wanted a project and loved its Art Deco styling, but they had to do a lot and at considerable cost.
'They had to cut windows through the concrete to turn it into a home. Now it has a self-contained apartment, a games room, a garage with an internal car lift - it's incredible. It's amazing what they have done, it would be hard to know where to start with a project like that. There's still lots of scope for someone to develop the property further - there's the 3,000 sq ft water tank at the top that's completely empty. That could be converted into a penthouse apartment or incorporated into the existing living quarters. The water tank is 16ft deep and used to hold 1.5m litres of water.'
'The roof terrace alone is incredible. From the top you have nothing but open views of rolling countryside. But the appeal of the property is also the exposed stone work, the orientation of each room allowing for the view, the little details you spot when you get through the door. It's very niche, but so impressive. The whole thing is just absolutely stunning. It's not going to appeal to down-sizers who want to get away from multi-storey living because there are a lot of stairs, but I think it could appeal to anybody else across a wide market. The house is very different and very individual, it's a very fun house but has also been designed well for a family home. They've kept original features like the original staircase - you could use it but it's more of a show piece really - to show a bit of its former life. It's just stunning.'
Liquid asset! Stunning 75ft water tower that was transformed into six-bed home on Ch4 | Daily Mail Online
my bunker looking LIT....
That should have been put in first and foremost...
