Surveying Tower in Forest near Fishpools is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 July 1999. Tower.

Surveying Tower in Forest near Fishpools

WRENN ID
deep-floor-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 July 1999
Type
Tower
Address
Surveying Tower in Forest near Fishpools, Fforest Fach, Llangunllo
OS grid reference
SO 190 679
Coordinates
52.30362, -3.18868
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a circular stone surveying tower located in a forest near Fishpools. It is constructed from low courses of grey-brown stone and features window openings that have both voussirs and lintels. Inside, there is a ladder that leads to the top of the tower.

Local climate

Surveying Tower in Forest near Fishpools receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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