Wall and Watch Tower to the East of Lifford Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Watch tower.

Wall and Watch Tower to the East of Lifford Hall

WRENN ID
watchful-rampart-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Northfield MP: Laurence Turner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Watch tower
OS grid reference
SP 056 796
Coordinates
52.4149, -1.91776
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall and watch tower to the east of Lifford Hall is an 18th-century stone structure. It features battlements and ends in a polygonal watch tower, which is also battlemented.

Local climate

Wall and Watch Tower to the East of Lifford Hall receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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