Description

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD26SW TOWER STREET, Roa Island 708-1/8/242 Watch Tower 06/05/76 (Formerly Listed as: TOWER STREET, Roa Island Roa Island Mission)

GV II

Customs house now workshop. 1849 (previous list description). Pebbles laid in chevrons, red sandstone dressings; graduated slate roof. Central archway with 2-storey, 1-bay boathouse wing on left and small square tower on right. Quoins, chamfered plinth. Archway: 2-centred, double-chamfered and with keystone; 2 patterned shields below corbel table supporting 3 merlons. Boathouse set forward on left has doorway with deeply-chamfered, quoined surround and square-sectioned hoodmould; above is a 2-light chamfered, mullioned window having latticed iron casements. Stair turret on left with slit windows. Shield beneath corbel table to incomplete embattlements; corner turret to right. Tower on right of arch has lancet window and door in left return. Rear: blocked pointed arch to boathouse; 2-light window over as front.

Listing NGR: SD2318564864

External Links

• Wikidata Q26513564

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