The Watch Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 April 1996. Tower.
The Watch Tower
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-sill-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1996
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- The Watch Tower, Four Winds Lane, Penally
- OS grid reference
- SN 122 000
- Coordinates
- 51.66737, -4.71643
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Watch Tower is a small, slightly tapering tower that stands about 6 meters tall and has a base diameter of 3.5 meters. It is constructed from rubble masonry. The foundation is described by Fenton as a 'factitious cake of lime and sand'. The tower has two storeys and features an entrance on the northwest side with a re-used pointed arch. There is also a slit window that faces the sea.
Local climate
The Watch Tower sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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