Tower and Attached Walls in Tarner Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1971. Tower. 5 related planning applications.

Tower and Attached Walls in Tarner Recreation Ground

WRENN ID
standing-shingle-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 August 1971
Type
Tower
Address
Tower and Attached Walls in Tarner Recreation Ground, Sussex Street, the City of Brighton and Hove
OS grid reference
TQ 317 044
Coordinates
50.82471, -0.13094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The structure is a lookout tower located in Tarner Recreation Ground, built in the mid-19th century. It is said to have been constructed by the merchant Edwin Tarner to observe ships entering the port across the Channel. The tower is made of knapped and squared flint with brick dressings, featuring a roof that is obscured by a parapet. It consists of two cylindrical stages, with the top stage set back to create a walkway. There are segmental-arched brick openings with brick jambs on the cardinal points of both stages, and the top stage has two continuous brick lacing courses. The bottom stage has brick and stone coping, while the top stage has brick coping. The tower is positioned over terrace walling made of cobble and brick, which is included in this listing. Originally, these grounds were part of the Tarner House grounds at No. 1 Tilbury Place.

Local climate

Tower and Attached Walls in Tarner Recreation Ground receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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