Tower Approximately 100 Metres South of the Ashton Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. Tower.
Tower Approximately 100 Metres South of the Ashton Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eternal-hearth-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1995
- Type
- Tower
- OS grid reference
- SD 489 612
- Coordinates
- 54.04429, -2.78174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tower, which is the remains of a garden pavilion, located approximately 100 metres south of the Ashton Memorial. It was built around 1909 by the architects Belcher and Joass in the Baroque Revival style. The tower is constructed of limestone ashlar and is raised on a hexagonal platform accessed by two steps. It has a hexagonal shape, measuring about 2 metres in diameter and standing approximately 10 metres high, divided into three unequal stages. The first stage features a plain plinth and panelled sides with segmental pediments. The second stage has a recessed band and a prominent cornice. The third stage showcases concave sides that alternate between plain and swagged, with detached Ionic colonnettes at the corners, a very prominent cornice of matching section, and a domed cap. Originally, this structure served as the masonry core of a temple shelter, which had a roof supported by braces fixed to the central stage. The shelter was part of the improvements to Williamson Park, funded by Lord Ashton in 1904.
Local climate
Tower Approximately 100 Metres South of the Ashton Memorial sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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