Tower House in Former Grounds of Beresford Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1985. Tower house.

Tower House in Former Grounds of Beresford Hall

WRENN ID
hollow-transept-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1985
Type
Tower house
Address
Tower House in Former Grounds of Beresford Hall, Beresford Lane, Alstonefield, Staffordshire Moorlands
OS grid reference
SK 127 589
Coordinates
53.12752, -1.81052
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tower House is located in the former grounds of Beresford Hall and is dated to 1905, although it incorporates earlier materials. The building is constructed from random rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, topped with a clay tile roof featuring weatherboarded gables behind a plain coped parapet. It has an L-shaped plan and stands three storeys high with one bay on the south elevation. The windows are diamond section mullioned, with the ground floor window blocked but originally consisting of three lights. The first and second floors have two-light windows. To the left of the ground floor is a six-panelled door with an ovolo moulded surround, which is accessed by a flight of stone steps. The house was likely built using materials from the now-demolished Beresford Hall.

Local climate

Tower House in Former Grounds of Beresford Hall receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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