Ashurst's Beacon is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1967. Beacon tower.
Ashurst's Beacon
- WRENN ID
- eastward-wattle-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1967
- Type
- Beacon tower
- Address
- Ashurst's Beacon, Beacon Lane, Dalton
- OS grid reference
- SD 500 079
- Coordinates
- 53.56555, -2.75507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ashurst's Beacon is a beacon tower built in 1798 from sandstone rubble. It has a square plan and rests on a square base, with the upper part stepping back to support a pyramidal spire. There are blocked windows with stone surrounds and keyed lintels on three sides, and a similar blocked doorway is located on the south side. It is said to have been constructed as a watch tower to warn of a potential French invasion. This information can be found in E. Baines' "The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster," revised edition, 1870, volume II, page 187.
Local climate
Ashurst's Beacon sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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