Lady Eleanor's Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 November 1997. Tower.

Lady Eleanor's Tower

WRENN ID
idle-banister-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 November 1997
Type
Tower
Address
Lady Eleanor's Tower, Gwrych Castle, Abergele, Llanddulas and Rhyd-Y-Foel
OS grid reference
SH 918 776
Coordinates
53.2846, -3.62351
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Lady Eleanor's Tower is a square tower that has two-and-a-half stages and is constructed from local limestone rubble on rock foundations. It features segmentally-headed window openings on the northeast and west sides, with access located on the south side. The tower is topped with large corner crenellations that create the appearance of battlements.

Local climate

Lady Eleanor's Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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