Rivington Pike Tower at Sd 642 137 is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Tower.
Rivington Pike Tower at Sd 642 137
- WRENN ID
- sharp-lancet-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1967
- Type
- Tower
- OS grid reference
- SD 642 137
- Coordinates
- 53.61938, -2.54127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rivington Pike Tower is a structure built in 1733 by John Andrews of Little Lever, who was the owner of the Manor of Rivington. It is believed to be located on the site of an earlier beacon. The tower is constructed of gritstone and measures approximately 5 metres square and 7 metres high. It features a high chamfered plinth, a string course, and an oversailing parapet that is crowned with pointed corners and intermediate steps. Each side of the tower has one blocked rectangular opening, including a doorway on the south side that has an ornamental pointed "hoodmould" above it, which breaks the string course. Originally built as a hunting lodge, the tower contained a fireplace and previously had a chimney, as well as a small cellar.
Local climate
Rivington Pike Tower at Sd 642 137 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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