The Round Tower or Water Tower of Cowdray House to the North West of the Ruins is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. Conduit house. 5 related planning applications.
The Round Tower or Water Tower of Cowdray House to the North West of the Ruins
- WRENN ID
- brooding-remnant-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1959
- Type
- Conduit house
- Address
- The Round Tower or Water Tower of Cowdray House to the North West of the Ruins, GU29 9AL
- OS grid reference
- SU 891 218
- Coordinates
- 50.98872, -0.73163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Round Tower, also known as the Water Tower of Cowdray House, is located to the northwest of the ruins. This late 16th-century octagonal stone conduit house now serves as the Custodian's office for visitors to the ruins. It features a pyramidal tiled roof topped with a ball cap and consists of only one storey.
Local climate
The Round Tower or Water Tower of Cowdray House to the North West of the Ruins receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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