Description

THE SQUIRES
1.
5249
Leicester Tower to
west of Abbey Manor House
SP 04 NW 6/264
II
2.
Circa 1842. Coursed freestone. An octagonal tower rising in 5 stages to a height
of some 50 ft. Overhanging embattled parapet on corbel brackets with grotesque
heads at angles. One pointed arched lancet to each face in plain surround, those
to upper stage being of 2 lights, and some retaining leaded lights. Pointed arched
doorway on west side with stone tablet above inscribed "This tower erected in the
year 1842 to the memory of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, the father and
founder of the British House of Commons who was slain in the Battle of Evesham
in the year 1265". Stands on a wooded slope above the Worcester Road.

Listing NGR: SP0303245725

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473390

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)