The Prospect Tower and Wall and Railings to the South is a Grade II* listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. A Victorian Observation tower. 1 related planning application.
The Prospect Tower and Wall and Railings to the South
- WRENN ID
- lone-moat-candle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1967
- Type
- Observation tower
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- The Prospect Tower and Wall and Railings to the South, Farley, ST10 4DB
- OS grid reference
- SK 077 433
- Coordinates
- 52.98724, -1.88611
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Prospect Tower, along with the wall and railings to the south, is an observation tower built around 1824 by Robert Abraham. It is constructed of painted ashlar and cast iron and features an octagonal plan with Gothic details. The tower has three stages that recede in diameter from the bottom to the top. The two lower stages include an outer arcade with four-centred arches supported by banded and clustered shafts. The upper stage is adorned with pointed windows beneath pointed hoods that spring from paired shafts at each corner, topped with an ogee glass dome featuring cast iron tracery.
Additionally, there is approximately a 10-yard length of ashlar wall topped with low cast iron railings that have Gothic arcading, located 3 yards south of the Prospect Tower. This structure is part of the significant garden layout at Alton Towers, which is recognized as Grade I on the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Garden Register.
Local climate
The Prospect Tower and Wall and Railings to the South receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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