The Spire is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1987. Monument.
The Spire
- WRENN ID
- late-rafter-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Spire, Colton, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 356 864
- Coordinates
- 54.26955, -2.98969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Spire is a monument that possibly dates to around 1800. It is constructed from coursed stone rubble and features a rectangular-plan base with a plinth that has simple mouldings made of projecting courses. There is a recess on the north-east face, which may have been intended for an inscribed panel. The structure is a short rectangular-plan obelisk. Its history is not well-documented, but it may have been built by James King of Finsthwaite House, who is also known for constructing the nearby Pennington Lodge Tower.
Local climate
The Spire sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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