Martello Tower No 8 is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1975. Military tower.

Martello Tower No 8

WRENN ID
outer-buttress-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Constituency
Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1975
Type
Military tower
Address
Martello Tower No 8, Sandgate
OS grid reference
TR 194 352
Coordinates
51.07446, 1.1309
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Martello Tower No 8 was built in 1806 as part of the coastal defenses. It is a circular tower made of brick, with walls that are 5 feet 6 inches to 6 feet thick. Inside, there is a central brick pillar from which vaulted arches spring. The ground floor contains the magazine, while the upper level has quarters for the garrison, divided into two rooms, and features a gun emplacement on the roof. Surrounding the tower is a ditch with ramparts lined with ashlar, although the ditch has been filled in on the north side. The entrance door is located about 2 feet above the ground.

Local climate

Martello Tower No 8 receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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