Austin Friary Tower Attached to the John George Joicey Museum is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. Friary tower.

Austin Friary Tower Attached to the John George Joicey Museum

WRENN ID
still-spandrel-moth
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1954
Type
Friary tower
OS grid reference
NZ 252 641
Coordinates
54.97171, -1.60715
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Austin Friary Tower, attached to the John George Joicey Museum, is part of the Austin Friary and dates from the 13th and 16th centuries. It is constructed from large sandstone blocks and stands three storeys high with one bay. The west elevation features a double-chamfered, two-centred arch with a drip mould and a renewed door. The fenestration is irregular, with small square windows on each floor. Inside, there is a stone newel stair, and the first floor's south wall has a double-chamfered, two-centred-arched window, although the tracery has been removed. The exterior door, made of studded planks, has been reused on the ground floor. This level also contains a medieval cross-slab and an effigy of a knight in armour, which were discovered during excavation prior to restoration.

Local climate

Austin Friary Tower Attached to the John George Joicey Museum receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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