Tower Folly on Hill to North of Tarn Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. Tower folly. 1 related planning application.
Tower Folly on Hill to North of Tarn Lodge
- WRENN ID
- tired-jade-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Tower folly
- Address
- Tower Folly on Hill to North of Tarn Lodge, Castle Carrock, CA8 9BT
- OS grid reference
- NY 530 548
- Coordinates
- 54.8858, -2.73385
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower folly, likely dating from around 1807, is situated on a hill to the north of Tarn Lodge. Constructed from dressed red sandstone, it is a small, two-story square tower topped with a battlemented parapet. The structure is partly included in the group value context with Tarn Lodge.
Local climate
Tower Folly on Hill to North of Tarn Lodge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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