Thornton Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1952. Towerhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Thornton Tower
- WRENN ID
- twisted-fireplace-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1952
- Type
- Towerhouse
- Address
- Thornton Tower, Newbrough, NE47 5AN
- OS grid reference
- NY 874 683
- Coordinates
- 55.00966, -2.19786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late medieval tower house, located near Newbrough. Only a portion of the west wall is visible, the remainder being a core of rubble. Constructed from massive squared stones, the tower has a rectangular plan and is incorporated into the northeast corner of a group of 19th-century farm buildings. The visible ground floor walls retain the remains of a loop window on the east side, while a higher fragment of the west wall forms part of the end wall of the adjacent barn. The interior is obscured by rubble and rubbish.
Local climate
Thornton Tower receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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