Folly Tower in Back Garden of Number 23 is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1973. Tower.

Folly Tower in Back Garden of Number 23

WRENN ID
sharp-eave-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lewisham
Constituency
Lewisham West and East Dulwich MP: Ellie Reeves (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1973
Type
Tower
Address
Folly Tower in Back Garden of Number 23, Liphook Crecent Se23
OS grid reference
TQ 351 736
Coordinates
51.44561, -0.05701
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Folly Tower is located in the back garden of Number 23 Liphook Crescent and dates from around 1880. This octagonal three-storey tower is constructed from ironstone random rubble with freestone dressings, which include quoins, a drip mould at the first floor level, bowtell moulding at the second floor, and a corbel table supporting a low parapet, although the parapet is damaged. The tower features an octagonal staircase turret and small, empty windows that have hollow chamfered elliptical stone arches set in chamfered square frames, with a two-light window on the ground floor. There is also a square doorway topped with a hoodmould. The structure has curiosity value.

Local climate

Folly Tower in Back Garden of Number 23 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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