The Martello Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A 19th century Defensive tower. 1 related planning application.
The Martello Tower
- WRENN ID
- grim-entrance-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Defensive tower
- Address
- The Martello Tower, Icklesham, TN31 7TU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 942 188
- Coordinates
- 50.93648, 0.76258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Martello Tower, numbered 28, is a circular tower built for defense during the invasion scare of 1806. Its walls are made of brick, measuring 5½ to 6 feet thick, and are covered with a coating of cement, which is now peeling off. The tower features a cement eaves cornice, and the roof has a flat center with a sloping edge. The doorway is located about 20 feet above the ground. Inside, the tower originally housed a magazine with two floors above it. The tower is surrounded by a circular red brick wall that is backed with an earth vallum.
Local climate
The Martello Tower receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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