Folly Tower, at Hapton is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. Tower.
Folly Tower, at Hapton
- WRENN ID
- young-moulding-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Folly Tower, at Hapton, Church Lane, Hambledon, Winchester
- OS grid reference
- SU 647 152
- Coordinates
- 50.93281, -1.08015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Folly Tower, located at Hapton, is a tower that dates back to the early 19th century. Originally situated in the grounds of the Red House on East Street, which was formerly known as Tower House, it is now part of a 20th-century house called Hapton. The tower features walls made of flint with brick quoins and has pointed arches along with brick dentilled cornices. The stone coping adorns the parapet. This square tower stands three storeys high and has a castellated top. Each face at the top has a casement window, while the middle of the southeast elevation includes a rectangular window. The doorway on the northwest elevation is also designed with a pointed arch.
Local climate
Folly Tower, at Hapton receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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