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Latitude: 51.2301 / 51°13'48"N
Longitude: -0.5815 / 0°34'53"W
OS Eastings: 499141
OS Northings: 148839
OS Grid: SU991488
Mapcode National: GBR FCJ.XF3
Mapcode Global: VHFVM.VBZT
Plus Code: 9C3X6CJ9+3C
Entry Name: Bookers Tower Guildford
Listing Date: 15 March 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1188100
English Heritage Legacy ID: 289013
ID on this website: 101188100
Location: Guildford Cemetery, Guildford Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU2
County: Surrey
District: Guildford
Electoral Ward/Division: Friary and St Nicolas
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Guildford
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey
Church of England Parish: Guildford St Nicolas
Church of England Diocese: Guildford
Tagged with: Tower
SU 94NE GUILDFORD THE MOUNT
(South Side, off)
3/148 Bookers Tower
Guildford
II
Tower. 1839.Bargate stone blocks with ashlar and brick dressings. Octagonal plan.
Three stages with corbel table to base of parapet and stone string course over each
stage. Brick-edged stone-coped buttresses to lower stage alternating with Gothic
arched brick-dressed panels. Irregular slit fenestration above, with lancet
fenestration to upper stage. Guildown Cemetery is the site of a Saxon burial ground.
The tower was built for Charles Booker, three times Mayor of Guildford.
Listing NGR: SU9914148839
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