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Situated beside the main A6 thoroughfare, on the South-Eastern perimeter of Finedon, the Water Tower is surely one of Finedon’s most visible and most noticeable landmarks. Grade II listed by Historic England in 1973, this iconic structure is now a residential property.

In 1904, a significant public water scheme was completed in Finedon, the highlight of which was the construction of a five-storey octagonal water tower. Built by architects Mosley & Scrivener to serve the sanitary needs of the growing local population, the overall project cost £13,000, with the tower itself costing £1,500.

The tower, octagonal in shape, was divided into five interior stages. The exterior of the building was a red, yellow and blue polychrome brick design with a lead and plain-tile roof. 

Pairs of cast-iron windows with shallow arch heads share alternate faces of lower stage and similar single-windows decorate the next three stages with tall arch head surrounds. 

The upper stage is corbelled out (a bricklaying technique where successive courses of brick either project inward or outward from the vertical face) with a central window to each face surrounded by blank arcading. Large square buttresses feature at the corners terminating as short square pinnacles and a decorative parapet, renders the roof invisible. There is also a two-storey gabled porch with plain-tile roof.The Water Tower has been a Grade II listed building since July 9, 1973.