Ruins of the Vandalian Tower, Up Park is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. Ornamental tower.
Ruins of the Vandalian Tower, Up Park
- WRENN ID
- knotted-forge-larch
- 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
- Ornamental tower
- Address
- Ruins of the Vandalian Tower, Up Park, Chichester Road, Harting
- OS grid reference
- SU 785 182
- Coordinates
- 50.95818, -0.88323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the Vandalian Tower are an ornamental tower designed by Henry Keene for Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh around 1770. Originally built on a hill north of the house as a landmark, only parts of the ground floor now remain. The tower has a triangular plan with bastions at the corners and is constructed of red brick, featuring pointed windows. It is said that the Hellfire Club met here.
Local climate
Ruins of the Vandalian Tower, Up Park receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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