Bell Tower, Approximately 7 Metres West of South Front of Hauxwell Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Folly.
Bell Tower, Approximately 7 Metres West of South Front of Hauxwell Hall
- WRENN ID
- scarred-marble-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Folly
- OS grid reference
- SE 161 933
- Coordinates
- 54.33531, -1.75308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Tower, located approximately 7 metres west of the south front of Hauxwell Hall, is a folly built in the late 18th to early 19th century, incorporating some older materials. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a base of four circular steps. The tower has a two-stage central circular "colonnade" made up of mullioned chamfered windows, with a band of torus moulding separating the two stages. At the top, there is a cornice and a cupola made of corbelled stonework, crowned with a pineapple finial.
Local climate
Bell Tower, Approximately 7 Metres West of South Front of Hauxwell Hall receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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