3 Towers and Linking Wall in Shaw Park is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Folly.
3 Towers and Linking Wall in Shaw Park
- WRENN ID
- vast-brick-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Folly
- Address
- 3 Towers and Linking Wall in Shaw Park, Shaw Lane, Stainland and District
- OS grid reference
- SE 088 196
- Coordinates
- 53.67299, -1.86817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three towers and a linking wall in Shaw Park are a mid 19th-century folly. They are constructed from square coursed rubble and consist of three square towers, each appearing to be three storeys high, connected by a wall. The leftmost tower features a round turret, while the rightmost tower has a tourelle that once served as a dovecot. The towers are decorated with various Gothic details.
Local climate
3 Towers and Linking Wall in Shaw Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
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