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Tower Aproximately 20 Yards North of Ilam Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Ilam, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0535 / 53°3'12"N

Longitude: -1.8051 / 1°48'18"W

OS Eastings: 413160

OS Northings: 350711

OS Grid: SK131507

Mapcode National: GBR 487.DH8

Mapcode Global: WHCDY.7HPZ

Plus Code: 9C5W353V+9X

Entry Name: Tower Aproximately 20 Yards North of Ilam Hall

Listing Date: 1 February 1967

Last Amended: 15 March 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1038115

English Heritage Legacy ID: 274480

ID on this website: 101038115

Location: Ilam, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, DE6

County: Staffordshire

District: Staffordshire Moorlands

Civil Parish: Ilam

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Ilam

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description


SK 15 SW ILAM C.P. ILAM PARK

8/122 (17/6) Tower approximately
20 yards North of Ilam
1.2.67. Hall. (Previously listed
as "Small Tower near
Hall")

G.V. II

Tower, possible former dovecote, c1830. Probably built by James Trubshawe.
Rough faced ashlar; hammer dressed ashlar plinth and steps. Octagonal
plan. Flight of steps leading to ground floor door with Caernarvon arch
head; lancet loops in every other face at mid-height; a roll moulded
string marks the upper stage which consists of alternate square panels
of a blank shield and a cruciform loop; crested eaves to an 8-sided dome
of fishscale work capped by a ball finial. James Trubshawe built the
probably contemporary Ilam Hall to the designs of John Shawe.


Listing NGR: SK1316050711

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