Burleigh Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1988. Detached house. 1 related planning application.
Burleigh Tower
- WRENN ID
- weathered-bonework-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1988
- Type
- Detached house
- Address
- Burleigh Tower, Minchinhampton, GL5 2PP
- OS grid reference
- SO 858 017
- Coordinates
- 51.71409, -2.20567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Burleigh Tower is a detached house built in the late 19th century, incorporating earlier farm buildings. It is constructed from coursed and squared rubble limestone, featuring ashlar chimneys and a stone slate roof. The building is two stories high with an attic and has an irregular plan, highlighted by a four-storey tower at the southeast corner.
The south front showcases two gables of differing heights, both adorned with shaped barge boards, with the left gable incorporating earlier masonry. There is a canted single-storey bay window on the left and several four-pane sash windows. A roughly central segmental arched doorway is located on the ground floor, which is accompanied by a long conservatory porch. The circular tower on the corner to the right has various small casement windows on the lower floors, while the upper part is left incomplete, featuring unglazed window openings, a crenellated parapet, and no roof, giving it a ruinous appearance.
On the east side, the crenellated parapet extends to the right from the tower. There is a full gable to the right with shaped barge boards and various four-pane sash windows. A 20th-century lean-to alteration on the ground floor includes large glazed doors. The north end features a crow-stepped gable. Burleigh Tower serves as a folly house situated on the edge of Minchinhampton Common.
Local climate
Burleigh Tower receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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