Folly Tower at Talacre Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 April 1987. Tower.

Folly Tower at Talacre Abbey

WRENN ID
tilted-soffit-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 April 1987
Type
Tower
Address
Folly Tower at Talacre Abbey, Llanasa
OS grid reference
SJ 105 833
Coordinates
53.3394, -3.34527
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Folly Tower at Talacre Abbey is a two-stage tower constructed from rubble-stone walls, partly built on exposed bedrock. The tower is currently in a ruinous condition and is obscured by vegetation. The main pointed doorway is located in the north wall, while the east wall features a doorway that leads to stairs going up to the upper stage. On the west side, there is a shallow projection with a second doorway at the lower stage, along with an attached wall.

The upper stage has large openings in the north and west walls, and a smaller opening in the east wall. Inside the lower stage, there is a shell room that includes a fireplace and a bench, with the walls adorned with shells and quartz. The projection on the west side also includes side benches.

Local climate

Folly Tower at Talacre Abbey sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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