Needles Eye is a Grade II* listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1968. Folly. 2 related planning applications.

Needles Eye

WRENN ID
sleeping-frieze-torch
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Constituency
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP: John Healey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 March 1968
Type
Folly
Address
Needles Eye, Coaley Lane, Wentworth
OS grid reference
SK 396 988
Coordinates
53.48464, -1.40438
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Needle's Eye is a folly built in the mid to late 18th century, attributed to the architect John Carr, although it is also depicted in an engraving from around 1730. This structure was created for the Wentworth estate and is made of ashlar sandstone. It features a tall, square pyramid shape with a narrow, ogee carriage arch on the axis of a former avenue leading to Wentworth Park North Lodge. The design includes a plinth, an impost band, and moulded voussoirs, some of which have been partly renewed. At the top of the pyramid, there is a square plinth that supports an elaborate vase entwined with foliage.

Local climate

Needles Eye receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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