Arnagill Tower is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1986. Folly.

Arnagill Tower

WRENN ID
idle-gargoyle-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1986
Type
Folly
Address
Arnagill Tower, Ilton-Cum-Pott
OS grid reference
SE 152 757
Coordinates
54.17719, -1.76799
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Arnagill Tower is a folly built in 1824 by John Foss. It is constructed from rubblestone and has an unknown roof material. The tower is round in plan and consists of one storey. It features an arched door opening and three arched window openings. The plans and elevation created by John Foss are currently held by S Cunliffe-Lister at Glebe House in Masham.

Local climate

Arnagill Tower receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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