Martello Tower No 55, South of Beachside, Normans Bay is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1976. Military tower.
Martello Tower No 55, South of Beachside, Normans Bay
- WRENN ID
- bitter-balcony-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1976
- Type
- Military tower
- Address
- Martello Tower No 55, South of Beachside, Normans Bay, Bexhill-On-Sea
- OS grid reference
- TQ 680 053
- Coordinates
- 50.8229, 0.38493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Martello Tower No 55 is one of a series of circular towers built in 1806 for defense during an invasion scare. The walls are made of brick, measuring 5½ to 6 feet thick, and are covered with a layer of cement. The original doorway was located 20 feet above the ground. The tower features a flat roof that was intended for a gun emplacement. This roof has been modified and expanded for defense purposes during the Second World War. Inside, the tower includes a magazine and two additional floors above it.
Local climate
Martello Tower No 55, South of Beachside, Normans Bay receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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