Folly Tower South West of Fox Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Tower.
Folly Tower South West of Fox Hill
- WRENN ID
- shifting-jamb-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Folly Tower South West of Fox Hill, Tarvin Road, Frodsham
- OS grid reference
- SJ 507 750
- Coordinates
- 53.27045, -2.73984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Folly Tower, located south west of Fox Hill, is a roofless chamber designed as a small tower, likely built in the mid 19th century. The structure features red sandstone walls with a concave batter, constructed from rock-faced masonry that tapers towards the top. There are two monolithic steps leading to a doorway, which is fitted with a barred iron gate topped by a circular opening. Each of the other sides has a rectangular barred opening, all of which have chamfered arrises. A corbel table supports a mock parapet consisting of one course.
Local climate
Folly Tower South West of Fox Hill receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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