Martello Tower (No 15) is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1973. Military structure.
Martello Tower (No 15)
- WRENN ID
- standing-glass-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1973
- Type
- Military structure
- OS grid reference
- TR 152 336
- Coordinates
- 51.06223, 1.07004
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Martello Tower (No 15) was built in 1806 as part of the coastal defense system against a potential invasion from Napoleonic France. The tower features a skin of Flemish bond facing brick that is set flush with the masonry coping and door surrounds, replacing the usual rendered finish. The walls are 5½ to 6 feet thick, and the structure is built around a central column that is 5 feet thick. It consists of two storeys and has a flat roof that serves as a gun platform.
Local climate
Martello Tower (No 15) 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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