Turret from Houses of Parliament in Gardens of Clitheroe Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. Monument. 2 related planning applications.

Turret from Houses of Parliament in Gardens of Clitheroe Castle

WRENN ID
young-cornice-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Monument
Address
Turret from Houses of Parliament in Gardens of Clitheroe Castle, Castle Gate
OS grid reference
SD 742 415
Coordinates
53.8697, -2.39339
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The turret from the Houses of Parliament is located in the gardens of Clitheroe Castle. It serves as the centerpiece of a pond in the rose garden to the south of the castle. This octagonal stone turret features four lions rampant with shields at its base, a plinth, and lancet ornamentation with cusped heads. It also includes gargoyles and crocketed finials. An inscription on the turret notes that it was originally part of the parapet of the Houses of Parliament, which was built between 1840 and 1854. The turret was presented to the Borough of Clitheroe by a local Member of Parliament in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of George VI.

Local climate

Turret from Houses of Parliament in Gardens of Clitheroe Castle 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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