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

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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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