The Tower of Woodhouse Grove School is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1993. Tower.

The Tower of Woodhouse Grove School

WRENN ID
twelfth-chancel-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds North West MP: Katie White (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1993
Type
Tower
Address
The Tower of Woodhouse Grove School, Rawdon
OS grid reference
SE 197 382
Coordinates
53.84006, -1.70189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tower of Woodhouse Grove School is a tower or folly built around 1799. It is constructed of red brick faced ashlar with ashlar dressings and has a square plan, rising to two storeys. Designed in the Gothic style, the tower is raised on a basement plinth and is accessed by five steps with iron railings. Each face of the tower features a large pointed arched opening, and above this, there is a single 4-centred arched window opening on each side, which is fitted with an iron railing and has a hood mould with blank shields on either side. The structure is topped with an ashlar band and battlements. This tower was commissioned by Robert Elam to provide employment for local men who were out of work.

Local climate

The Tower of Woodhouse Grove School receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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