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Latitude: 51.9602 / 51°57'36"N
Longitude: 1.2754 / 1°16'31"E
OS Eastings: 625131
OS Northings: 234147
OS Grid: TM251341
Mapcode National: GBR VQJ.582
Mapcode Global: VHLC8.2Z3P
Plus Code: 9F33X76G+35
Entry Name: North Martello Tower Approximately 500 Metres East of Bristol Hill on the Site of the Former Hms Ganges, Royal Naval Training Establishment
Listing Date: 23 February 1989
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1194492
English Heritage Legacy ID: 277508
ID on this website: 101194492
Location: Shotley Gate, Babergh, Suffolk, IP9
County: Suffolk
District: Babergh
Civil Parish: Shotley
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Shotley St Mary
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
TM 23 SE SHOTLEY off BRISTOL HILL
7/56 North Martello Tower approx
500 metres east of Bristol
Hill on the site of the
former HMS Ganges, Royal
Naval Training Establishment
- II
Martello Tower. Circa 1808-1812. Vari-coloured brick. Rusticated stone dressings
with keystones to doors and windows, some of which are blocked. Stone coping.
Repairs and refacing to brickwork. The large circular tower now supports a black
brick and metal water tower. Built as part of defensive system to East and South
Coasts during the Napeolionic war. This tower is of the larger, elliptical East Coast
type.
Listing NGR: TM2513134147
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