The Watch-Tower, The Chantry is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1949. A N/A Tower.
The Watch-Tower, The Chantry
- WRENN ID
- seventh-grate-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1949
- Type
- Tower
- Period
- N/A
- Address
- The Watch-Tower, The Chantry, Bridgnorth
- OS grid reference
- SO 738 909
- Coordinates
- 52.51606, -2.38646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watch-Tower at The Chantry is an early 19th-century structure, primarily built as a folly using red brick, with some parts covered in stucco. It is situated on a sandstone crag and features two small towers that have embattlements and arrow slits. The building includes rustic glazed windows set in pointed arched recesses and has a clock face.
Local climate
The Watch-Tower, The Chantry receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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