It was the eve of World War I and the mayor of Middlesbrough was worried. Specifically, Mayor Hugh Bell was worried that the war may cause a water shortage. So he came up with a solution. Bell hired the Arts and Crafts architect Walter Brierley to design a small water tower that would provide water to the towns of Ingleby Arncliffe and Rounton in the case of a shortage. Brierley’s three-story sandstone tower has a front entrance fitted with oak double doors, wide enough to allow a vintage Victorian fire engine and an…
