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Latitude: 50.1613 / 50°9'40"N
Longitude: -5.5225 / 5°31'20"W
OS Eastings: 148516
OS Northings: 34967
OS Grid: SW485349
Mapcode National: GBR DXR8.15V
Mapcode Global: VH12S.76BP
Plus Code: 9C2P5F6H+G2
Entry Name: Rogers' Tower
Listing Date: 7 September 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1312795
English Heritage Legacy ID: 70370
ID on this website: 101312795
Location: Cornwall, TR20
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Ludgvan
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Ludgvan
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: Tower
LUDGVAN
SW 43 SE
7/18 Rogers' Tower
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GV II
Folly, probably used as look-out tower. C18. Granite rubble with rubble dressings.
Corbelled granite dome under roof hidden behind parapet with pinnacles over the 4
corner turrets.
Plan: square single cell plan with corner turrets. Gothic style.
Exterior: south east entrance front with central pointed doorway with an outer ogee-
headed order. Over the doorway in a blind polygonal 'quatrefoil'. Flanking the
doorway are 2 identical turrets with shouldered-arched window to the fronts and outer
sides and blind slits over. The rear turrets are blind.
Interior: has domed granite ceiling and access to each of the turrets. No access to
the roof.
Probably associated with John Rogers of Treassowe, 1750-1832 (see Rogers chest tomb,
item 8/45).
A miniature castle set prominently on the hill of Castle an Dinas, so that the
building gives the impression that it and the hill are much larger than they really
are.
Listing NGR: SW4851634967
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