Latitude: 52.0062 / 52°0'22"N
Longitude: 1.4312 / 1°25'52"E
OS Eastings: 635592
OS Northings: 239760
OS Grid: TM355397
Mapcode National: GBR WRH.2PW
Mapcode Global: VHM8L.RTHW
Plus Code: 9F432C4J+FF
Entry Name: Martello Tower Adjacent to Rose Cottage
Listing Date: 31 August 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1377188
English Heritage Legacy ID: 285375
ID on this website: 101377188
Location: Bawdsey, East Suffolk, IP12
County: Suffolk
District: East Suffolk
Civil Parish: Bawdsey
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Bawdsey St Mary the Virgin
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
BAWDSEY (Off) EAST LANE TM 33 NW (South side) 12/12 Martello Tower adjacent to Rose Cottage G.V. II Defensive tower. c.1810-1812. Col Twiss and Capt Ford. Rendered brick with ashlar dressings. Three storeys. Tear-drop-shaped plan; the sharper end facing East towards the sea. Battered walls. At first floor level are a series of 4 window openings with cambered heads which have slighly projecting ashlar surrounds with lugs to the top, centre and bottom of each side. At the same level and facing west is a doorway with ashlar surround and an inset ashlar ladder-slope below the sill. A C20 glazed porch rises above the parapet with single-pitched roof of timber and glass.
Rose Cottage is not a listed building.
Listing NGR: TM3559239760
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