Tower House is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1979. A C19 Windmill tower.
Tower House
- WRENN ID
- steep-marble-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1979
- Type
- Windmill tower
- Address
- Tower House, 25, Holt Road, Fakenham
- OS grid reference
- TF 922 298
- Coordinates
- 52.83205, 0.85234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tower House, located at No 25 on Fakenham Holt Road, is likely from the early to mid-19th century. It consists of the remaining three storeys of a windmill tower, constructed from stuccoed brick and circular in shape. The first and second floors feature sash windows, with the first floor including glazing bars. The ground floor has a French window, and the building is topped with a flat roof.
Local climate
Tower House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
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