Tower on Stanton Moor, 280 Metres North West of the Croft, Stanton Lees is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1967. Tower.

Tower on Stanton Moor, 280 Metres North West of the Croft, Stanton Lees

WRENN ID
plain-gargoyle-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1967
Type
Tower
OS grid reference
SK 251 634
Coordinates
53.16713, -1.62556
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tower on Stanton Moor was built in 1832 for the Thornhill family of Stanton Hall. It is constructed from coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings, quoins, and a plinth. The tower features a plain eaves band and plain parapets, although only remnants of the original embattlements remain on the south side. It is a single bay, square in plan, and three storeys high. The east facade includes a four-centred, arched doorcase that is now blocked, with a blank niche above that once held a plaque inscribed 'Earl Grey 1832' and decorated with a coronet. Above this, there is a tall arrow slit cross window, with similar windows on the other sides. The tower was built to commemorate the passing of the Reform Bill in honor of Earl Grey.

Local climate

Tower on Stanton Moor, 280 Metres North West of the Croft, Stanton Lees receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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