The Mount, also known as Polly Peachum's Tower is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2021. Hunting tower, folly.
The Mount, also known as Polly Peachum's Tower
- WRENN ID
- ruined-tallow-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2021
- Type
- Hunting tower, folly
- OS grid reference
- SE 084 881
- Coordinates
- 54.28924, -1.87117
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mount, also known as Polly Peachum's Tower, is a hunting tower built in the 17th century or early 18th century for either the first or second duke of Bolton. It is constructed from coursed local limestone, specifically Great Scar limestone, with squared rubble walling and extensive ashlar dressings.
The tower has a square plan and consists of a single cell with two storeys, the first floor being slightly taller than the ground floor. The design is classical, featuring prominent rusticated quoins, a simple ashlar plinth, a plain ashlar band at mid-height, and an ashlar cornice topped with a low parapet. Each side of the tower has a large, centrally-placed first-floor window that extends from floor level, with the north elevation's window being architraved. The entrance is centrally located on the north elevation and is quoined. The ground floors of the other three elevations have large blind or blocked windows, with the west elevation featuring a slightly projecting ashlar frame.
As of 2021, the tower was partially in ruins, having lost its roof structure and all timberwork. The north elevation remained mostly intact, while the west elevation had lost about half of its cornice and parapet. The upper third of the south-east corner had collapsed, resulting in the loss of the cornice, parapet, and first-floor window heads on the south and east elevations. The interior was not inspected.
Local climate
The Mount, also known as Polly Peachum's Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 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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