The Bell Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. A Medieval Tower.
The Bell Tower
- WRENN ID
- broken-pier-woodpecker
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- Tower
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Bell Tower, Market Place, Evesham
- OS grid reference
- SP 037 436
- Coordinates
- 52.09131, -1.94668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Tower is an early 16th-century structure built by Abbot Lichfield. It rises in three stages to a height of 110 feet and features an archway with unfinished vaulting. The tower is topped with openwork battlements and pinnacles, showcasing a fine and very late example of the Perpendicular style.
The Bell Tower is part of a group that includes the Church of All Saints, the Church of St Lawrence, Abbot Reginald's Wall, the Porter's Lodge, the remains of the west wall of the North Transept of the Abbey, the archway to the south of these remains, Abbot Reginald's Gateway, the Old Vicarage, the Public Library, Nos 6 and 6A, Nos 7 and 8, and Walker Hall, along with Nos 53 and 54 which incorporate the remains of the Abbey Gate, the gate and railings of No 53, the remains of the Abbey Stables, The Almonry, The Stocks, Merstow Green, and Nos 4 and 5 Abbey Gate, as well as the remains of the south wall of the Abbey Precinct on Little Abbey Lane.
Local climate
The Bell Tower receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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Nearby listed buildings
- Remains of West Wall of North Transept of Abbey
- Church of All Saints
- The Old Vicarage (Church House)
- Church of St Lawrence
- No. 9, Market Place
- Abbot Reginald's Gateway
- 7, Market Place
- Walker Hall
- Archway to South of the Remains of West Wall of North Transept of Abbey
- Abbot Reginald's Wall and the Porter's Lodge