Beacon Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Tower.
Beacon Tower
- WRENN ID
- waiting-moat-ivory
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1951
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Beacon Tower, Beacon Road, Penrith
- OS grid reference
- NY 521 313
- Coordinates
- 54.67518, -2.74388
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beacon Tower is a Grade I listed structure built in 1719 on the site of earlier beacons. It was repaired in 1780 and is constructed of red sandstone. The tower is low and square with a pyramid-shaped stone roof. Each side features a round-arched opening with keystones and wrought iron grilles, along with small loops on the north and south sides. There is a round-headed doorway on the east side. Situated on top of a hill at an elevation of about 930 feet, it serves as a very prominent landmark.
Local climate
Beacon Tower sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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