Blacko Tower, also known as Stansfield Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Folly tower.
Blacko Tower, also known as Stansfield Tower
- WRENN ID
- peeling-sill-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pendle
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1988
- Type
- Folly tower
- OS grid reference
- SD 859 421
- Coordinates
- 53.87579, -2.21503
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blacko Tower, also known as Stansfield Tower, is a folly tower built in 1890 by J. Stansfield and restored in 1950. It stands approximately 30 feet high and features a circular design made of coursed rubble. The tower has widely spaced battlements and a plain doorway that is accessed by two steps. Inside, there is a spiral stone staircase that leads to an observation platform. This tower is a prominent landmark situated on a hilltop. A plaque on the tower includes a biblical reference from Psalm 127, which reads: "Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain."
Local climate
Blacko Tower, also known as Stansfield Tower sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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