The Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Tower
- WRENN ID
- last-arch-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Tower, Hill Croome, WR8 9DG
- OS grid reference
- SO 889 417
- Coordinates
- 52.0743, -2.16218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tower is an eyecatcher cottage built in the early 19th century for the Croome Court estate. It is a tall, octagonal structure made of rendered brick and features a slate roof. The building has a painted brick basement and two storeys above. It includes two-light pointed windows with Y-tracery, while two of its faces are blank. The east side has a door with a pointed arched head and a blank panel above it.
Local climate
The Tower receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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