Outlying tower designed to complement Penrice Towers is a Grade II* listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 July 2000. Tower.
Outlying tower designed to complement Penrice Towers
- WRENN ID
- bitter-nave-jet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 July 2000
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Outlying tower designed to complement Penrice Towers, Ilston
- OS grid reference
- SS 501 883
- Coordinates
- 51.57413, -4.16319
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The outlying tower located to the south of the gates is built with masonry that matches that of Penrice Towers. It features window-like openings on both the front and rear sides, as well as a door-like opening at the rear.
Local climate
Outlying tower designed to complement Penrice Towers sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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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