Fox Tower to North-West of Helbeck Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Observation tower.

Fox Tower to North-West of Helbeck Hall

WRENN ID
fallow-baluster-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1984
Type
Observation tower
OS grid reference
NY 786 162
Coordinates
54.54125, -2.33083
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fox Tower, located to the north-west of Helbeck Hall, is an observation tower built around 1779 for Henry Alison, allowing him to watch the Hunt. The tower stands on a large drum-shaped base made of coursed rubble, with some internal brickwork. It does not have a floor or roof. The main structure is circular and features five semicircular-headed windows on the first floor, some of which are blocked. There is an entrance at the rear where it connects with a tall newel stair turret that resembles a chimney, which has an external door at the first floor level.

Local climate

Fox Tower to North-West of Helbeck Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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