Clock Tower to Gilling Castle is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. A C18 Clock tower.
Clock Tower to Gilling Castle
- WRENN ID
- kindled-granite-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- Clock tower
- Address
- Clock Tower to Gilling Castle, Main Street, Gilling East
- OS grid reference
- SE 610 768
- Coordinates
- 54.18377, -1.06552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock Tower at Gilling Castle, dating from the mid-18th century, is now part of a 1930s range that is not of special interest. It is constructed from limestone and features a lead cupola. The tower is square in shape and has a clock face with a single hand and Roman numerals that faces south. This clock is situated beneath an open belfry with keyed round arches, topped by a cupola that includes a weathervane.
Local climate
Clock Tower to Gilling Castle receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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