Pennington Lodge Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Monument. 2 related planning applications.

Pennington Lodge Tower

WRENN ID
idle-loggia-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1970
Type
Monument
Address
Pennington Lodge Tower, Colton, Westmorland and Furness, LA12 8AW
OS grid reference
SD 369 869
Coordinates
54.2743, -2.96909
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pennington Lodge Tower is a monument dedicated to the naval victories of the Napoleonic War, built in 1799 for James King of Finsthwaite House. The tower is constructed from coursed slate and features a square, two-stage design. There is a projecting course between the stages and at the top, which is finished with an embattled parapet. Each face of the tower has two slots at each stage. The south face includes a blocked pointed entrance, while the second stage has an oval plaque that reads: "ERECTED TO HONOUR THE OFFICERS, SEAMEN AND MARINES OF THE ROYAL NAVY WHOSE MATCHLESS CONDUCT, AND IRRESISTIBLE VALOUR, DECISIVELY DEFEATED THE FLEETS OF FRANCE, SPAIN, AND HOLLAND AND PRESERVED AND PROTECTED LIBERTY AND COMMERCE 1799." The other faces of the tower have round openings at the second stage.

Local climate

Pennington Lodge Tower 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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