The Tower, Approximately 100 Metres to North East of Bolton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. A Georgian Folly.
The Tower, Approximately 100 Metres to North East of Bolton Hall
- WRENN ID
- lost-jade-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1986
- Type
- Folly
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SE 076 898
- Coordinates
- 54.30429, -1.88342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tower, located approximately 100 metres to the north-east of Bolton Hall, is a Gothic folly built in the late 18th century. It is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and has a hexagonal plan, rising three storeys high with a smaller central turret. The building features paired bands between the storeys. On the north side, there is a boarded door set within an architrave. The first floor has a light vent with a chamfered surround on each side, while the second floor has a double light vent with a chamfered surround on each side. The structure is topped with a cornice and a battlemented parapet. The turret, made of ashlar, includes light vents, cornices, and five-sided openings in the parapet, along with a flagstaff.
Local climate
The Tower, Approximately 100 Metres to North East of Bolton Hall 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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