Radcliffe Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1966. A Medieval Tower. 1 related planning application.
Radcliffe Tower
- WRENN ID
- peeling-mullion-tide
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury South MP: Christian Wakeford (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1966
- Type
- Tower
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Radcliffe Tower, Church Street East, M26 2PT
- OS grid reference
- SD 795 075
- Coordinates
- 53.5638, -2.30983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Radcliffe Tower is a Grade I listed building, which consists of the remains of a rectangular tower that was rebuilt in 1403 by James de Radcliffe. The tower is constructed of coursed squared stone, which may have originally been ashlar. It measures approximately 10½ yards by 19 yards and stands about 20 feet high. There are low, almost round-headed arches on the north, south, and east sides, while the west side features a two-centre-headed doorway.
Local climate
Radcliffe 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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