Bell Tower of the Cathedral is a Grade I listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1950. A Late C14 or early C15 Bell tower.
Bell Tower of the Cathedral
- WRENN ID
- riven-buttress-willow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1950
- Type
- Bell tower
- OS grid reference
- SU 859 048
- Coordinates
- 50.83662, -0.7813
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Tower of the Cathedral dates from the late 14th century or early 15th century and is constructed of sandstone. It is notable for being the only detached bell tower of a cathedral in England.
Local climate
Bell Tower of the Cathedral receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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