Gothic Tower Approximately 95 Metres South of Goldney House is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. Tower.

Gothic Tower Approximately 95 Metres South of Goldney House

WRENN ID
vacant-truss-lark
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 January 1959
Type
Tower
OS grid reference
ST 574 727
Coordinates
51.45198, -2.61362
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gothic tower, built in 1764, is located approximately 95 metres south of Goldney House in Bristol. Constructed from red sandstone rubble with limestone dressings, the tower features a Gothick style. It is a four-stage round tower topped with a crenellated parapet and square pyramidal pinnacles. The entrance is a two-centred arched doorway with impost blocks, located beneath a semicircular-arched window in the third stage, which has an open brickwork panel. The upper stages are adorned with tall narrow windows featuring Y-tracery and oculi between the fourth stage. The interior has not been inspected. This tower was built by Thomas Goldney to accommodate a steam engine used for pumping water to supply the grotto cascade.

Local climate

Gothic Tower Approximately 95 Metres South of Goldney House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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