The Knoll Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1955. Tower.

The Knoll Tower

WRENN ID
half-chancel-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 May 1955
Type
Tower
Address
The Knoll Tower, Weston Park, Tong
OS grid reference
SJ 802 091
Coordinates
52.68005, -2.29301
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Knoll Tower is a flag tower built in 1883, constructed from random coursed ashlar with a roof that is hidden behind a parapet. The tower has a square plan and features an octagonal corner turret on the northwest side, designed in the Tudor Gothic style. It consists of three stages, with a four-stage turret. The first stage has a battered appearance, with string courses marking the floor levels and a battlemented parapet. The rectangular openings in the first and second stages, as well as in the turret, have chamfered reveals. The top stage features mullioned square windows with chamfered reveals. There is a boarded door located on the southeast side. A fire back dated 1613 is set into the ground on the west front, which was present at the time of the re-survey. The tower is associated with Weston Park, located in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire.

Local climate

The Knoll Tower receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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