Well Tower at Tower Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Havering local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1974. A C17 Well tower. 1 related planning application.
Well Tower at Tower Lodge
- WRENN ID
- secret-keystone-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Havering
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster MP: Julia Lopez (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1974
- Type
- Well tower
- Address
- Well Tower at Tower Lodge, Sylvan Avenue
- OS grid reference
- TQ 545 884
- Coordinates
- 51.574, 0.22853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Well Tower at Tower Lodge is a structure likely dating from the early to mid 17th century. It is constructed of red brick and measures approximately 9 feet square. The early brickwork, which largely survives to a height of about 8 feet, features small round-headed brick openings on the northeast and southwest faces. Above this, there is later brickwork that matches the height of the original. The upper section has a sham timber-framing, probably added in the late 19th or early 20th century, topped with a hipped slate roof and spire. This building served as a former conduit house for Great Nelmes, which has since been demolished, and it functioned as a water tank for the below-ground land space.
Local climate
Well Tower at Tower Lodge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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