Folly Approximately 40 Metres to South of Carlton Towers is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Folly.
Folly Approximately 40 Metres to South of Carlton Towers
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-steel-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Selby MP: Keir Mather (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1987
- Type
- Folly
- OS grid reference
- SE 648 233
- Coordinates
- 53.70291, -1.01927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The folly, built around 1770 by Thomas Atkinson for Nicholas Stapleton, is located approximately 40 metres south of Carlton Towers. It is constructed of pinkish-orange brick with ashlar dressings and has a square plan. The structure features two stepped storeys and a single bay, with clasp pilasters at the corners. There are pointed openings serving as entrances at the front and rear, and a blind window on the right facade with a pointed surround. A projecting band runs around the building, and there are remains of battlements with stone coping. The second stage has pointed openings on the front and rear facades, along with another projecting band and stepped battlements with stone coping. The rear angle shows remnants of an ashlar pinnacle, and there is no roof. Nearby, there are remains of an additional ashlar pinnacle. This information is referenced in M Girouard's article, "Carlton Towers," published in Country Life on 2 February 1967.
Local climate
Folly Approximately 40 Metres to South of Carlton Towers sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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