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The Bourbon Tower

A Grade II Listed Building in Stowe, Buckinghamshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0359 / 52°2'9"N

Longitude: -1.0053 / 1°0'18"W

OS Eastings: 468332

OS Northings: 237966

OS Grid: SP683379

Mapcode National: GBR 9X9.BNH

Mapcode Global: VHDT2.J3F3

Plus Code: 9C4W2XPV+9V

Entry Name: The Bourbon Tower

Listing Date: 25 September 1951

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1212156

English Heritage Legacy ID: 396664

ID on this website: 101212156

Location: Buckinghamshire, MK18

County: Buckinghamshire

Civil Parish: Stowe

Traditional County: Buckinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Stowe

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


SP 63 NE STOWE

3/93 STOWE SCHOOL
The Bourbon Tower

25.9.51
II

Cylindrical tower of ironstone circa 1741 probably by Gibbs. Small round
arched windows and machicolated parapet, surmounted by octagonal turret,
apparently replacing original conical roof. Known as the Keepers Lodge,
but altered and renamed in honour of a visit by the exiled Louis XVIII
in 1808. Ramparts dated 1814.


Listing NGR: SP6833237966

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