2-720-315 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Water Tower, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, 1885. View of the octagonal Norman water tower, built in the 1160s, overgrown with foliage. Elaborate dog tooth arches can be seen on the ground floor, while the upper section is later, being re-built 1391-1410. Water stored in a large tanks was used by monks to wash their hands en route to the cathedral, for drinking and cooking, and for the removal of sewage. During the 19th century the building was incorrectly described as a baptistry.