Folly 75 Metres North West of Compton Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Folly.
Folly 75 Metres North West of Compton Manor House
- WRENN ID
- veiled-hammer-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1986
- Type
- Folly
- OS grid reference
- SU 347 292
- Coordinates
- 51.06181, -1.50517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a folly located 75 metres northwest of Compton Manor House, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of brick in header bond on a flint and brick plinth, topped with an old plain tile roof. The building is square in shape and has two storeys, featuring an offset plinth and a single planked door set within a solid segmental head frame. The roof is hipped and includes wide lead flashing beneath a weathervane.
Local climate
Folly 75 Metres North West of Compton Manor House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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