Beacon Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1952. A Medieval Tower.
Beacon Tower
- WRENN ID
- eternal-roof-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1952
- Type
- Tower
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Beacon Tower, Burton Dassett
- OS grid reference
- SP 394 520
- Coordinates
- 52.16562, -1.42461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beacon Tower is a 15th-century structure that has been altered in the 20th century. It is built from coursed squared ironstone and features a conical cement roof. The tower has a tapering circular plan, with a blocked doorway and window. At the top, there are cartels, which may be the remnants of machicolations. It is likely that the tower was originally a mill before being converted into a look-out tower.
Local climate
Beacon Tower receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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