Banwell Monument is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1984. Monumental tower.
Banwell Monument
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-screen-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1984
- Type
- Monumental tower
- OS grid reference
- ST 387 587
- Coordinates
- 51.32423, -2.88057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Banwell Monument is a monumental tower built in the early to mid 19th century. It is constructed from coursed rubble with freestone dressings and features a three-stage octagonal design. The corners of the tower are accentuated with quoins, and each stage is slightly set back above a moulded and twice weathered string. The top stage is missing its cornice and is topped by an octagonal ashlar lantern that has a decorated cornice.
The north and south faces of the tower include openings, with the north side featuring a stilted arch window on each stage, each under a plain dripmould. The top stage on the north face retains louvres and decorative panels, although the north side of the lantern has collapsed. The south face has similar windows at the first and second stages, along with an opening in the lantern. At ground level, there is a door with a Tudor arched plain surround, also under a dripmould.
This monument is part of a larger collection of picturesque estate features created by the antiquarian Bishop Law of Bath and Wells on his Banwell estate.
Local climate
Banwell Monument receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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