Tower to North West of Fulwood House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Watch tower.
Tower to North West of Fulwood House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-wattle-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Watch tower
- Address
- Tower to North West of Fulwood House, Burgh by Sands
- OS grid reference
- NY 324 591
- Coordinates
- 54.92246, -3.05596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower to the north-west of Fulwood House is likely a watch tower built in the late 18th century. It features English garden wall bond brickwork that is partly rendered, with a roof concealed by a battlemented parapet. This small, square, three-storey tower has an open ground floor chamber that includes a segmental arch with impost blocks and a keystone.
External stone steps lead to a side entrance at the first floor level, while a similar plank door on the opposite side bears painted letters "GHQ," believed to date from its use by the Home Guard during World War II. The first floor has sash windows with glazing bars set in shallow segmental brick arches on both the north and south faces, with diamond-paned iron casements above. The ground floor interior contains small square angle niches.
It is thought that the tower was used by excise officers to monitor smugglers bringing contraband through the Solway from the Isle of Man. At the time of the survey, the tower was derelict and unoccupied.
Local climate
Tower to North West of Fulwood House 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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