Lennox's Tower, Dalskairth House is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Folly, tower.
Lennox's Tower, Dalskairth House
- WRENN ID
- silent-gravel-falcon
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- Type
- Folly, tower
- OS grid reference
- NX 932 726
- Coordinates
- 55.0372, -3.67262
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Lennox's Tower is a circular outlook tower folly, likely built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is situated near the summit of Dalskairth Hill and is currently surrounded by Tower Wood. The structure is constructed of rubble and features a pointed-arched doorway on the west side, which has a worn crest above it. The tower also includes slit openings, a coped parapet, and is roofless with the interior gutted.
Local climate
Lennox's Tower, Dalskairth House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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