Tower of Old Parish Church of St Catherine is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. Church tower.

Tower of Old Parish Church of St Catherine

WRENN ID
forgotten-clay-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1984
Type
Church tower
Address
Tower of Old Parish Church of St Catherine, Crook, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 449 946
Coordinates
54.34451, -2.84783
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tower of the Old Parish Church of St Catherine is a church tower believed to have been built in 1620. The rest of the church was demolished in 1887. The tower features rubble walls and a plain parapet. On the ground floor, there is a partly blocked segmental arch and a blocked doorway with a segmental head. The second floor has two slit lights, while the belfry has plain rectangular openings with stone louvres.

Local climate

Tower of Old Parish Church of St Catherine sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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