Tower Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1968. Lodge.
Tower Lodge
- WRENN ID
- burning-sill-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1968
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Tower Lodge, Over Wyresdale
- OS grid reference
- SD 604 538
- Coordinates
- 53.97939, -2.60502
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tower Lodge is an early 19th-century house that was intended to serve as a lodge for Wyresdale Tower, a shooting lodge that was never completed and now stands in ruins. The building is constructed of rubble and features a hipped slate roof. It has a rectangular shape with rounded corners and is designed in the Gothick style.
Although it appears to have two storeys, there are no original first-floor windows. The south wall, which faces the road, has two windows with plain stone surrounds that have pointed heads. These windows now contain modern casements, with glazing bars that create a Y-tracery effect above. Above and between the windows is a blank quatrefoil with a circular stone surround. To the right, under the eaves, there is a modern window with plain reveals. The central chimney is also a notable feature.
On the west wall, there are two similar window surrounds; the left one is blank while the right one has Gothick glazing. Above and between these windows is another blank quatrefoil, similar to the one on the south wall. The door, located between the two bays, has a pointed head.
Local climate
Tower Lodge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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