Bellevue Tower is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1976. Tower.
Bellevue Tower
- WRENN ID
- cold-stronghold-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1976
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Bellevue Tower, Mill Lane, Briningham
- OS grid reference
- TG 034 334
- Coordinates
- 52.86049, 1.02029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bellevue Tower is a Grade II listed building that originally served as a look-out tower, then a windmill, and later became a folly. The structure is made of brick and consists of four storeys, with the lower stage possibly dating back to the 16th century, although it features 18th-century brick refacing. This lower stage forms the base of a smock windmill built by Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet, in 1721, as indicated by the datestone "I A 1721". The windmill was replaced by the 4th Baronet in 1781, who added upper floors to create five domestic storeys. The lower stages of the tower are octagonal, while the upper section is circular, topped with a battlemented parapet and a stack. There is a 20th-century door and casement window, along with a 20th-century attic above the parapet featuring a hipped tiled roof. A 20th-century house has also been added at the ground floor level.
Local climate
Bellevue Tower receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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