Worle Tower Observatory is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1983. Observatory.
Worle Tower Observatory
- WRENN ID
- odd-floor-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Weston-super-Mare MP: Dan Aldridge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1983
- Type
- Observatory
- Address
- Worle Tower Observatory, Worlebury Hill Road, Weston-Super-Mare
- OS grid reference
- ST 349 632
- Coordinates
- 51.36494, -2.93527
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Worle Tower Observatory is a circular, three-stage tower that was likely built in the late 18th century. Originally a windmill, it was converted into an observatory around 1876. The tower is rendered and features a corbelled battlement parapet. The upper windows have a slight ogee moulding cut into the lintel, and the door is set back in a slightly splayed opening, complete with a moulded lintel.
Local climate
Worle Tower Observatory 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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