Leicester Tower to West of Abbey Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1977. A 19th century Tower.
Leicester Tower to West of Abbey Manor House
- WRENN ID
- stony-ember-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1977
- Type
- Tower
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Leicester Tower to West of Abbey Manor House, the Squires, Evesham
- OS grid reference
- SP 030 457
- Coordinates
- 52.10986, -1.95713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leicester Tower, located to the west of Abbey Manor House, was built around 1842 and is constructed of coursed freestone. This octagonal tower rises in five stages to a height of approximately 50 feet. It features an overhanging embattled parapet supported by corbel brackets adorned with grotesque heads at the corners. Each face of the tower has a pointed arched lancet window in a plain surround, with the upper stage windows consisting of two lights, some of which still have leaded lights. On the west side, there is a pointed arched doorway with a stone tablet above it that reads, "This tower erected in the year 1842 to the memory of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, the father and founder of the British House of Commons who was slain in the Battle of Evesham in the year 1265." The tower is situated on a wooded slope above the Worcester Road.
Local climate
Leicester Tower to West of Abbey Manor House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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