St Helen's Old Church Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. Church tower.
St Helen's Old Church Tower
- WRENN ID
- other-frieze-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- Church tower
- Address
- St Helen's Old Church Tower, St. Helens
- OS grid reference
- SZ 637 894
- Coordinates
- 50.70144, -1.09926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Helen's Old Church Tower is the remaining structure of the original Church of St Helen's, which was built in 1577. The church was abandoned when a new church was constructed on Priory Road in 1717. Since then, the tower has been used solely as a sea mark. The tower is made of stone rubble and is now reinforced by a brick wall on the east side to protect it from the sea.
Local climate
St Helen's Old Church Tower receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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