Folly Approximately 15 Metres to West of Chewton Place is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Folly.

Folly Approximately 15 Metres to West of Chewton Place

WRENN ID
patient-zinc-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
Folly
OS grid reference
ST 656 669
Coordinates
51.40051, -2.49586
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a folly tower located approximately 15 meters to the west of Chewton Place in Compton Dando. It dates from the late 18th century and is designed as a tall, tapering square obelisk made of coursed limestone rubble. The tower features pointed-arched openings on the east and west sides, creating a walk-through passage at ground floor level. It has diagonal buttresses with set-offs and small pointed-arched openings on each face, topped with a pyramidal cap. Notably, there is a carved owl on the keystone of the arched opening. Locally, this structure is known as the Owl Tower. Prior to a boundary change, it was listed under the Keynsham Area.

Local climate

Folly Approximately 15 Metres to West of Chewton Place receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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