Description

BODMIN

SX0767 CEMETERY ROAD
629-1/2/21 Berry Tower
26/03/49

GV II

Ruined tower surviving from Chapel of the Holy Rood. 1501-14.
Coursed squared local stone with granite window dressings,
roofless. Square on plan with enclosed internal stair turret
to NW corner. 3-stage tower with strings dividing stages.
Lower stage has springing of relieving arch of west doorway
and hoodmould over pointed window above. 2nd stage has sill,
right-hand jamb and part of 5-foil head of right-hand light of
former 2-light window. Upper stage has remains of similar
window to each side, the north, east and south windows with
hoodmoulds, 2 cinquefoil heads to east window, half-head to
north and south windows and part of hoodmould to west window.
Stair ventilators/windows near NW corner; some unblocked
putlog holes.
(McClean J: Deanery of Trigg Minor: Bodmin: 1873-: 199; Long L
E: An Old Cornish Town: Bodmin: 1975-: 54-65).

Listing NGR: SX0725067467

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501544

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)