Hackemdown Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. Tower.

Hackemdown Tower

WRENN ID
lost-parapet-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thanet
Constituency
East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Tower
Address
Hackemdown Tower, Convent Road, Broadstairs and St. Peters
OS grid reference
TR 395 702
Coordinates
51.38101, 1.44106
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hackemdown Tower is a late 18th-century circular tower located on the north side of Convent Road in Broadstairs. It was built by Lord Holland after he discovered human bones in a barrow on his estate, believed to be from a battle between the Danes and Saxons around 850. The tower features a flint base with crenellated yellow brick coping and bands. Originally, it had four ogee arches on Doric columns at its base, which have since been removed. The tower is adorned with four quatrefoil ornaments, two blank panels, and one stone panel that bears a Latin inscription. An arched doorcase leads into the structure. The inscription commemorates the fallen Danes and Saxons and reflects on the historical significance of the site. The tower is enclosed by a large, low circular wall made of brick and flint, which also has a crenellated parapet. All listed buildings within the grounds of Port Regis School are considered to have group value.

Local climate

Hackemdown Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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