Tower to South West of Bruce Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Haringey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1949. A C16 Tower.

Tower to South West of Bruce Castle

WRENN ID
grim-postern-furze
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Haringey
Constituency
Tottenham MP: Mr David Lammy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1949
Type
Tower
Address
Tower to South West of Bruce Castle, Lordship Lane N17, N17 8NS
OS grid reference
TQ 333 906
Coordinates
51.59893, -0.07564
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tower located to the southwest of Bruce Castle is a 16th-century round structure of uncertain purpose, featuring a battlemented parapet that has been renewed in modern times. It is constructed of red brick and includes a corbel table made of pointed brick arches beneath the parapet. Surrounding the tower is a four-centred arcading. Above the arcade panels, there is another corbel table with corbels made of single carved bricks. The panels rest on a plinth. On the north side, there is a basement entrance with a four-centred arch, while the south side features an arcaded basement. The tower has one quatrefoil window, which is likely a later addition, and a 19th-century window with Y-tracery. Access to a modern door at the northwest is provided by five stone steps.

Local climate

Tower to South West of Bruce Castle sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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