Latitude: 52.0308 / 52°1'50"N
Longitude: 1.4477 / 1°26'51"E
OS Eastings: 636593
OS Northings: 242546
OS Grid: TM365425
Mapcode National: GBR XSG.LTK
Mapcode Global: VHM8M.17P0
Plus Code: 9F432CJX+83
Entry Name: Martello Tower
Listing Date: 31 August 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1183230
English Heritage Legacy ID: 285383
ID on this website: 101183230
Location: Shingle Street, East Suffolk, IP12
County: Suffolk
District: East Suffolk
Civil Parish: Bawdsey
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Hollesley All Saints
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
BAWDSEY (Off) SHINGLE STREET TM 34 SE (South End) 11/20 Martello Tower G.V. II Defensive tower. c.1810-1812. Col Twiss and Capt Ford. Rendered brick with ashlar dressings. Three storeys. Tear-drop shaped plan, the sharper end facing east towards the sea. Battered walls. At ground level is a C20 door opening facing north west and a large cambered-headed window opening faces north. At first floor level are a series of 4 window openings with cambered heads which have slightly projecting ashlar surrounds with lugs to the top, centre and bottom of each side. At the same level and facing west is a doorway with ashlar surround and an inset ashlar ladder-slope below the sill which is now approached by a set of C20 concrete steps. To the roof is a C20 glazed porch.
Listing NGR: TM3659342546
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