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17th Mar 2024  03:37  by Fran41

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

24th Dec 2023  10:50  by Wheresthatpenguin

Gridref: SO 61147 92027   FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Water tower was being converted into a residential property, but now appears to have either been paused or abandoned unfinished. Accessed the grounds by climbing over a wooden gate at SO 61179 92030 on the eastern side of the water tower

Pillar
Flush Bracket
Spider
Pillar

30th Sep 2023  15:04  by painterman61

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Looks like the tower build has gone bust trig all intact

Trig ©painterman61
Top ©painterman61
Flush Bracket ©painterman61
Tower ©painterman61

13th Jul 2023  19:59  by Fran42

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

30th Oct 2022  13:00  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

30th Oct 2022  13:00  by dharris

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

4th Jan 2022  14:29  by sven

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

They still haven't finished the Watertower conversion. The pillar is right against the construction site boundary fence with the Flush Bracket facing inwards. However with no one on site I noticed an wooden access gate through the hedge about 50m down the main road. You have to squeeze through, but it allows access to the pillar's FB. No real views are possible.

TP from inside Compound
The Water Tower

30th Oct 2021  13:30  by RichardL

Gridref: SO 61153 92037   FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

9th Oct 2020  18:05  by dadu 13

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Couldn't read the flush bracket as it is the wrong side of the pillar, an interesting conversion [;)]

©dadu 13

21st Aug 2020  11:00  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SO 61147 92027   FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Gates open and work vans about so we came in to ask but all people were up the lift ( Lets be aving you) A phone number on the gate might serve it`s purpose. Kindest regards Mick and Kim

18th Dec 2019  18:06  by Athanath123

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Greenbell and paulxtr. Thank you for taking interest in the netchwood common and the tower. But please refrain from touching it through the fence and especially don’t go past the fence. I don’t care if there’s a gap in the fence it doesn’t mean you can trespass onto private property. I hope you can understand where I’m coming from. If we are there doing work then you’re more than welcome to pop in and say hello otherwise it will not be tolerated and if caught we are more than happy to get the police involved.

26th Oct 2019  16:51  by CJO

Gridref: SO 61157 92039   FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

All intact. Located by gate to a water tower that is getting a serious “Grand Designs” makeover into a house, including an adjacent lift.

Netchwood Common conversion
Netchwood Common conversion

13th Oct 2019  10:31  by greenbell

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Fab conversion of the water tower, near to Ditton Priors to which it seems all roads lead round here, cloud eventually shifts so a dash up Brown Clee in the evening.

20th Jul 2019  16:11  by slateloose

Gridref: SO 61100 92000   FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Very impressive conversion to the water tower, which is still not completed. Managed to got access around edge off steel fence to take photo's.

13th May 2019  15:44  by fennwalker

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

The water tower conversion is progressing. The blue shaft looks like the lift to two floors.

©fennwalker

13th Nov 2018  12:40  by Phil Clayton

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Second visit during another wander around this beautiful part of Shropshire. Seems to have been some more progress on the house since last time in April, 2015 and sounded as if there was someone working inside today.

16th Oct 2018  12:49  by fasgadh

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Looks as if the house building is back in progress again after a stalled period.

9th Aug 2018  00:00  by gasman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

5th May 2018  21:21  by WuzzerL

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

©WuzzerL

5th May 2018  21:21  by Pritch227

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

fantastic water tower although still hasn't progressed much!!

©Pritch227

25th Mar 2018  15:51  by paulxtr

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked right by it. Found a gap in the fence to get a decent view of the pillar.

Netchwood Common ©paulxtr

15th Nov 2017  12:05  by Garth Fenton

Gridref: SO 61154 92031   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

The famous 'water tower' progress seems to have stalled. A fence round the site excludes access to the pillar but it can be reached through the fence, the flush plate is on the only face not visable.

14th Nov 2017  09:10  by PeteBoggs

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Building work looks unchanged from previous logs. Unable to access FB

©PeteBoggs
©PeteBoggs

18th Apr 2017  18:30  by Borderer

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Trapped just inside the site compound trapped close up against the Heras fencing Nobody around at this time in the evening and looking at previous posts the building work doesn't seem to have progressed much.

©Borderer

24th Mar 2017  00:00  by victron1987

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Doesn't look like the conversion of the water tower has moved on much in the last 12 months although is it fenced off now with safety fencing. Hope the pillar survives the refurbishment.

13th Mar 2017  14:10  by Dusty

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Pillar
Spider
Flush Bracket

10th Feb 2017  11:05  by Stevo

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Nothing of interest right on the roadside, other than the strangest of conversions. Of all the trig points. Warning. This one is on the land of someone who sees touching the trigpoint as a major trespass which he would contact the police over. I bet they would be really interested in that. 😆 Quite pathetic.

16th Jun 2016  17:21  by stignest

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Could be at risk this un. The water tower is being converted into a living space. Perhaps the sort of bod who would live in a concrete mushroom will keep a pillar too.

30th Jun 2015  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SO 61151 92030   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Security fencing not secure

31st May 2015  10:31  by p900ajr

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Visited this site regularly when the conversion of the water tower first started, personally I think it's an eyesore now.

30th Jun 2014  10:54  by fasgadh

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 0/10

I did not visit the trig this time, but I want to draw attention to the fact that the nearby water tower is being turned into a house and the pillar may well soon end up in a garden.

Netchwood Common The water tower is being converted into a house.©fasgadh

14th Oct 2012  12:30  by yukin61

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

tucked away in a combination of hedge and trees about 10m SW of water tower - there's a compound??? i walked straight thro the undergrowth to the east ... no views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsfeGDDwRZc

the pillar
the water tower

21st Jun 2012  20:28  by Griefmiester

Gridref: SO 61153 92030   FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Easily located in reservior compound with non locked gate - pillar good condition located near western hedge. GPS 253m

Pillar and Flush Bracket
Satmap location and height

6th Dec 2011  12:30  by arranc

Gridref: SO 61151 92033   FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

holly and ivy, brambles. water tower. no views

6th Aug 2011  18:20  by Anthony V

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Don't visit this one in summer wearing shorts as my legs bare witness! Brambles!!!

Going, Going, Gone! Very soon this one will vanish under ivy and brambles.

24th Mar 2011  07:42  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Obscured behind hedge amongst scrub, but easily located and accessed.

13th Nov 2010  14:50  by bluebeard

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

17th Sep 2010  14:46  by asbown

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

in water tower compound.

17th May 2010  14:30  by heavyhorses

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

First of 4 easy ones today. Should be fun to find in a few more weeks :-)

14th Nov 2008  15:40  by ocean soul

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

At road junction in small easily accessable compound beside water tower.No views

2nd Aug 2008  14:30  by desperate dan

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Almost missed this in the hedge

25th Jan 2007  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

S1934
S1934
S1934

26th Aug 2006  12:40  by ted

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Plug intact. In compound next to water tower. Straightforward access through hedge or by gate. No immediate views but Clee Hills visible from nearby.

Netchwood Common trig
Netchwood Common FB
Netchwood Common spider

29th Dec 2005  14:30  by Lathama

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 1/10

Amazing that a reservoir/water tower complex should have an opening gate entrance! To cap it all, there was even a Port-a-loo there! Useful if you've just had a pub lunch and a pint of 'Abbot'! The pillar has its original plug with slightly-indented letters [actually, it felt quite oily which was strange as there was no oil or any other liquid on it]. All sightholes below ground level. Quite a lot of white paint and patches had peeled to reveal the red-sandstone underneath. No views at all from here due to the hedges and tower.

11th Dec 2005  10:00  by Father Ted

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

This one has got a lot easier not that the work in the reservoir compound had finished including the clearing of the undergrowth. There is an unlocked gate into the compound and all one has to contend with is a bit of mud.

TP5074 Netchwood Common Trig Point

16th Nov 2005  13:40  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

hedge a real b^&(h but work ongoing in the watertower and a gap in the hedge just round the corner which I only saw in the car on the way to the next stop

1st May 2005  08:35  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SO 61200 92000   FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Inside resevoir compound but access easy from the road,nettles!

Pic shows Water tower behind pillar.

17th Apr 2005  14:45  by seaship

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Tried to find this one last June, but the hedge defeated me. Early enough in the year this time to find a way through. Nice pillar with a proper metal spider plug.

31st Oct 2004  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc, metal cap shallow letters, just inside copse E side of rd 15m N of jct

S1934 fb ©peregrinus
S1934 top ©peregrinus
S1934 trig ©peregrinus

6th Mar 2004  10:00  by Walker Dan

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

Most pillars can be seen from miles around. You can't see this one from 5 feet away. A right b***** getting through the hedge but it can be done ouch.

15th Nov 2003  09:40  by fasgadh

Gridref: SO 61153 92038   FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

A bit of a Sleeping Beauty's Castle job, but there is a way in to the middle of the blackthorn and bramble thicket containing the still painted intact pillar. Area dominated by a French (or Forton Services) style water tower. Plenty of subsequent visits (and touches!) as the tower is slowly turning into a house.

23rd Feb 1983  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S1934  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

White pillar on water tower compound side of oak hedge, close to road.