Parson's Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. A Medieval Tower.

Parson's Tower

WRENN ID
third-basalt-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Tower
Period
Medieval
Address
Parson's Tower, Ford
OS grid reference
NT 943 374
Coordinates
55.63033, -2.0907
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Parson's Tower is a ruined tower, likely a 'Vicar's Pele', dating from the medieval period. It is constructed from squared stone. The ground-floor entry on the south side has been enlarged, and there is a chamfered offset approximately 6 feet above the ground. The walls of the tower stand to about 12 feet high.

On the east side, there is a shallow segmental arch leading to the remains of a mural stair. The interior features walls that are about 7 feet thick and a segmental tunnel-vaulted ground floor.

Local climate

Parson's Tower receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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