Firle Tower is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. Tower, cottage. 1 related planning application.

Firle Tower

WRENN ID
final-foundation-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 August 1965
Type
Tower, cottage
Address
Firle Tower, Lewes, BN8 6PA
OS grid reference
TQ 480 071
Coordinates
50.84534, 0.10211
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Firle Tower is a building dated 1819, constructed by the third Viscount Gage as a game-keeper's cottage. It is situated at the top of a small hill, allowing the game-keeper to signal to the keeper of Plashet deer-park at Ringmer, which also belonged to Lord Gage. The tower is circular and consists of three storeys. It is faced with flints and features a castellated parapet. The sash windows, complete with glazing bars, are intact.

Local climate

Firle Tower receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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