Turton Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Blackburn with Darwen local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1967. A {"Late medieval","Late C16","Early C19"} Manor house. 15 related planning applications.
Turton Tower
- WRENN ID
- hollow-attic-tide
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen MP: Andy MacNae (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1967
- Type
- Manor house
- Address
- Turton Tower, Chapeltown Road, North Turton
- OS grid reference
- SD 730 152
- Coordinates
- 53.63282, -2.40895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Turton Tower is a manor house of late medieval origins, significantly altered and enlarged in the late 16th and early 19th centuries. The original structure was a stone pele tower of two storeys, raised in approximately 1596 to three storeys. Windows date to the late 16th century and 17th century. A two-storey, two-gabled porch with a jettied timber-framed upper floor was added in the late 16th century. A cruck-framed wing to the north is likely of 16th century or earlier date, and was subsequently raised and altered. Various early 19th century additions and alterations were made, matching the style of earlier phases but on a larger scale. The site is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Historic references include entries in Victoria County History, Pevsner’s architectural survey, Nicholas Gray's 1893 publication of N.G. Philips' views of Lancashire halls (from 1822-24), and the 1985 guide by G.E. Peter Laws.
Local climate
Turton Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 15 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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