The Hermit's Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Ornamental tower.
The Hermit's Tower
- WRENN ID
- stony-roof-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Ornamental tower
- Address
- The Hermit's Tower, Brightling Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 688 206
- Coordinates
- 50.96069, 0.40301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermit's Tower is an ornamental tower built in the early 19th century by the eccentric John Fuller to house a hermit. It features a lower circular structure made of sandstone and is topped with a castellated parapet.
Local climate
The Hermit's Tower receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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