Tempest Tower Farmhouse and Folly Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse, tower. 1 related planning application.
Tempest Tower Farmhouse and Folly Tower
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-mantel-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse, tower
- Address
- Tempest Tower Farmhouse and Folly Tower, Orton, CA5 6EP
- OS grid reference
- NY 348 552
- Coordinates
- 54.88759, -3.01678
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tempest Tower Farmhouse and Folly Tower is a farmhouse and folly tower built in the mid-19th century, with the tower dated 1875 and inscribed with "TEMPEST TOWER" and "RUTH SIBSON," along with a further weathered inscription panel on the rear. The farmhouse features Flemish bond brickwork with pale stretchers and rusticated stone quoins, topped with a Welsh slate roof and yellow brick chimney stacks. The house is two stories tall and has three bays, with a set-back extension to the right that is also two stories and two bays. The tower rises four stories and is constructed of red and calciferous mixed sandstone ashlar, with brick at the rear and cement rendered sides, and its roof is hidden by a battlemented parapet.
The main entrance to the house is a four-panel door with a radial fanlight set within a round-headed brick arch, flanked by Ionic columns in antis. The house has two-pane sash windows with flat brick arches and stone sills, while the extension features one 20th-century window, with the other sash windows retaining their glazing bars. The tower has a large round entrance leading to the farmyard, also with Ionic columns in antis, and round-headed narrow windows on each floor, along with smaller flanking stair windows. The adjoining outbuildings are noted as being of no interest.
Local climate
Tempest Tower Farmhouse and Folly Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- 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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