Bell Tower and Remains of Town Walls is a Grade I listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1971. A Elizabethan Bell tower.
Bell Tower and Remains of Town Walls
- WRENN ID
- hidden-banister-amber
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1971
- Type
- Bell tower
- Address
- Bell Tower and Remains of Town Walls, Northumberland Avenue, Berwick-Upon-Tweed
- OS grid reference
- NT 997 535
- Coordinates
- 55.77506, -2.00501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Tower and remains of the Town Walls are part of the town fortifications. The structure features a four-storeyed octagonal tower, with the upper storeys tapering in radius. The circular base dates from the Edwardian period, while the upper octagonal storeys are from the Elizabethan era. Fragments of the town wall are attached to the tower. The site is scheduled as an ancient monument.
Local climate
Bell Tower and Remains of Town Walls receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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