The Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Enfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Folly tower. 2 related planning applications.
The Tower
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-railing-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Enfield
- Constituency
- Edmonton and Winchmore Hill MP: Kate Osamor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1974
- Type
- Folly tower
- Address
- The Tower, Quakers Walk N21, N21 2DE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 325 953
- Coordinates
- 51.64139, -0.08549
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tower is a 19th-century folly tower that stands in four stages. It has a square shape with a round staircase turret projecting from the south side. The structure is built of yellow brick, featuring dressings of red brick and stone. Some of the windows are designed as arrow slits, while others are lancet windows with either pointed or flat gauged brick arches. A large modern louvred window has been added to the top stage. The third stage is decorated with bands of diagonal red brick, and the fourth stage of the turret is entirely made of this material. The top stage is corbelled out on two sides. There is also a modern one-storey extension to the north. The Tower holds curiosity value.
Local climate
The Tower 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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