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The Tower

A Grade II Listed Building in Westerham, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2544 / 51°15'15"N

Longitude: 0.0747 / 0°4'28"E

OS Eastings: 544873

OS Northings: 152622

OS Grid: TQ448526

Mapcode National: GBR LLV.7PD

Mapcode Global: VHHPQ.7QTS

Plus Code: 9F32733F+PV

Entry Name: The Tower

Listing Date: 16 January 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1272628

English Heritage Legacy ID: 448499

ID on this website: 101272628

Location: Sevenoaks, Kent, TN16

County: Kent

District: Sevenoaks

Civil Parish: Westerham

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Westerham St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

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Description


1.
5280 WESTERHAM TOWER WOOD

The Tower
TQ 45 SW 44/1521

II


2.
Folly tower, C18 building with some classical detail. Roofless and ruinous.
Square tower with projecting square entrance section on south side and full
eight canted bay on north. Galletted rubble masonry in rough courses. Plinth
and 1st floor band. 2 storeys and basement, parapet top. Door and 2 square
windows with keystones and lintels in front. East and West walls have tall,
round arched window on 1st floor and 2 round windows below, that on left of
West front now only a gaping hole. Similar hole and traces of door in north
bay. Inside splayed window reveals lined in red brick. Some interior plasterwork.


Listing NGR: TQ4449552862

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