Tower House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1971. Tower house.
Tower House
- WRENN ID
- graven-bailey-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1971
- Type
- Tower house
- Address
- Tower House, 9, Drury Lane, Knutsford
- OS grid reference
- SJ 752 789
- Coordinates
- 53.30679, -2.37255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tower House is a tower built around 1900, possibly not originally intended for domestic use, designed by Richard Harding Watt. It is constructed of painted brick with some projecting brick blocks and features a flat roof. The building is five stories tall and has a square plan, showcasing an austere style with small square windows set deep into the walls. There is an arched entrance to the right, adorned with flamboyant wrought-iron hinges. The tower currently ends in a plain parapet, but it was once topped with a wooden gallery and pinnacle resembling a minaret. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, the tower was part of a complex that included a laundry and workers' cottages, established by Watt on the site of a former tannery, and is a notable example of Free Style architecture developed under his patronage.
Local climate
Tower House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
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