Description

SE0344 STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN C.P. HOLLINGS BANK LANE
(east side, off)
12/191
Victoria Tower (or
Steeton Tower) and
adjoining wall

II

Tower, now house,and adjoining wall. c1887. For Henry Isaac Butterfield.
Thin coursed rubble, ashlar dressings, roof not visible. 5-stage
tower, square on plan, with battered 1st stage. Quoins, chamfered
bands. 1st 4 stages each have chamfered rectangular window to each
side with doorway set in north-east wall. Embattled top stage jettied
out on each side on corbells. 3 faces are decorated with
a) crest b) "V.R." c) "H.I.B." Adjoining wall to north-west has
embattled parapet and carved tablet the lettering in bold relief reading
" JUBILEE YEAR 1887 "
VICTORIA. R.I.
DIAMOND JUBILEE. 1897
A prominent landmark built to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee.

Listing NGR: SE0390244005

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26517601

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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