The Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1979. Tower.
The Tower
- WRENN ID
- grey-slate-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1979
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- The Tower, Sunny Hill, Belper
- OS grid reference
- SK 345 451
- Coordinates
- 53.00228, -1.48663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tower is a tall coursed stone structure located at Sunny Hill in Milford. It was built in the 19th century, specifically around the time the North Midland Railway opened the route from Derby to Belper in 1840, which was surveyed by George Stephenson. The tower has a square plan and stands four storeys high, with one opening on each floor. It is currently roofless and is situated over the Milford Tunnel. Historian Nixon suggests that the tower may have been used as a siting tower or theodolite during the surveying of the railway line, and notes that its construction would have provided work for many men during a period of low employment.
Local climate
The Tower receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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