Old John Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Tower.
Old John Tower
- WRENN ID
- proud-gargoyle-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1966
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Old John Tower, Newtown Linford
- OS grid reference
- SK 525 112
- Coordinates
- 52.69636, -1.22368
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old John Tower is a folly tower built in 1787, located in Bradgate Park. It is constructed from granite and slate rubblestone, with brick window dressings. The tower is circular and designed in the Gothic style, consisting of two storeys. It features four pointed arch windows on the ground floor, with the upper floor having blanks and renewed Y tracery, some of which are partly boarded, and one is blocked. The tower has a bracketed cornice and battlements, along with a doorway that has a pointed arch and door. To the left of the tower, there is a pointed archway in a wall with a ruined top. This Georgian folly is situated on a high former windmill hill, intended to serve as a feature and to provide stunning views from the top. It is a notable landmark that forms a group with the nearby War Memorial.
Local climate
Old John Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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