Tower at NGR. SJ 84025407 is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1951. Tower.

Tower at NGR. SJ 84025407

WRENN ID
last-jamb-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent North MP: David Williams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 July 1951
Type
Tower
Address
Tower at NGR. SJ 84025407, Liverpool Road, Kidsgrove
OS grid reference
SJ 840 540
Coordinates
53.0836, -2.23998
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a tower, likely built in the late 18th century, located on the south-west side of Liverpool Road in Kidsgrove. The structure is made of dressed stone and has a cylindrical shape. It features three ground-floor doorways, each with segmental heads and ashlar dressings. An iron band runs just above the height of the doors. On the first floor, there are two rectangular loops. Inside, the tower has two fireplaces on the first floor, along with offsets on the first and second floors.

Local climate

Tower at NGR. SJ 84025407 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 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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