The Round Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1986. Tower. 1 related planning application.
The Round Tower
- WRENN ID
- veiled-ledge-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1986
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- The Round Tower, Chester Road, Cuddington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 611 709
- Coordinates
- 53.23375, -2.58377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Round Tower is a former lodge to Vale Royal Abbey, now disused, built in the early 19th century for Lord Delamere. It is constructed of red sandstone ashlar and has no surviving roof. The tower is circular and consists of two storeys. It features a plinth and an embattled parapet supported by a corbel table. The structure includes blocked lancet windows with label moulds and a two-centred arched doorway that still has remnants of the original studded door below. Above the doorway are cross-loopholes. An 1812 print by Musgrave in a private collection depicts the tower along with a set of gates that provided access to the drive through the New Park.
Local climate
The Round Tower receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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