Five's Tower in Carpark, Lethbridge Arms Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Fives tower.
Five's Tower in Carpark, Lethbridge Arms Inn
- WRENN ID
- long-keep-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Fives tower
- Address
- Five's Tower in Carpark, Lethbridge Arms Inn, Gore Square, Bishop's Lydeard
- OS grid reference
- ST 167 291
- Coordinates
- 51.05542, -3.1891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Five's Tower is located in the car park of the Lethbridge Arms Inn and is likely from the late 18th century. It is constructed from red sandstone random rubble and red brick in Flemish bond. The tower stands about 12 meters high, with its facade facing north. The front is made of brick and features a shaped gable that has slightly projecting angled, stepped wings. The rear elevation is made of random rubble and includes a central stepped buttress that reaches to the base of the gable. Attached to the facade is a single-storey storehouse with steeply pitched double Roman tile roof and random rubble walls. This storehouse has a gable end opening with a hoist, but it is not included in the listing. The game of fives was very popular in Somerset until the mid-19th century, and this tower was originally used for that game against the church tower. It is the only surviving purpose-built fives tower in Taunton Deane.
Local climate
Five's Tower in Carpark, Lethbridge Arms Inn receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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