Gun Tower in the Grounds of Quex Park is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. Tower.

Gun Tower in the Grounds of Quex Park

WRENN ID
hollow-pavement-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thanet
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1973
Type
Tower
Address
Gun Tower in the Grounds of Quex Park, Birchington
OS grid reference
TR 309 686
Coordinates
51.37019, 1.31653
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gun Tower in the grounds of Quex Park was built around 1812. This circular tower, made of brown brick, stands four storeys high and features a crenellated parapet with stone coping. It has four circular or round-headed window openings, some of which are blocked, and includes stringcourses and simple cambered doorcases. The tower was originally used by a previous owner of Quex Park for signaling out to sea.

Local climate

Gun Tower in the Grounds of Quex Park 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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