Broadway Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. A C18 Tower. 1 related planning application.
Broadway Tower
- WRENN ID
- waning-stair-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1959
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Broadway Tower, Buckle Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 113 362
- Coordinates
- 52.02423, -1.83574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Broadway Tower is a folly built in 1798 by James Wyatt for Lord Coventry. Constructed from limestone ashlar, the tower features three round corner turrets connected by two-bay canted sides. It stands four storeys tall, with a battered lower storey and embattled parapets, while the turrets rise above the side walls. The turrets are adorned with narrow round-headed lights that have stone surrounds. The first and second floor windows are round-headed, and the third floor has round openings. The second floor windows are complemented by balconies with intersecting arches. A round-headed doorway is located on the south side. Between 1822 and 1862, the tower was used by Sir Thomas Phillips as a private printing press, and it was later leased by Camel Price, an Oxford tutor. Notable visitors to the Tower included Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris.
Local climate
Broadway Tower receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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