Description

SK 0643-0743 FARLEY C.P. ALTON PARK

12/115
3/1/67 The Prospect Tower and wall
and railings to the south.
(Formerly listed as "The
Pagoda")
- II*
Observation tower, wall and railings. Circa 1824. By Robert Abraham.
Painted ashlar and cast iron. Octagonal plan tower with Gothic details.
3 stages receeding in diameter from bottom to top, the 2 lower stages have
an outer arcade of 4-centred arches springing from banded and clustered
shafts, the upper stage has pointed windows beneath pointed hoods which
spring from the paired shafts at each corner; ogee glass dome with cast
iron tracery. Approximately 10 yard length of ashlar wall surmounted
by low cast iron railings with Gothic arcading 3 yards south of the
Prospect Tower and part of the same architectural composition. This item
forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is
included at Grade I on the HBMC Garden Register.

Listing NGR: SK0774343326

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531637

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Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990