Description

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NY 00 NW LOWSIDE QUARTER BRAYSTONES TOWER

11/1 II

Memorial tower. Erected 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee;
became a First World War memorial in addtion, 1920. Snecked sandstone rubble with
roughly dressed quoins and tooled dressings. Tower (formerly floored, now gutted)
3 stages with battlemented parapet (slightly corbelled) and corner turret. Doorway
and windows (one to each floor to each elevation) under dropped labels. Original
commemorative tablet records the names of local worthies present at its unveiling
(June 1897); another tablet records the names of those men of Braystone who served
in the Great War. Braystone Tower is a prominent landmark from both the countryside
around and the sea.

Listing NGR: NY0084205988

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 2 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439078

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)