History

Built by 1867 to support a camera obscura. The Jersey Marine Hotel adjoining the Tower was demolished in 1965.

Exterior

The octagonal 4-stage tower survives as roofless shell. It is built of red brick with rusticated quoins of larger yellow bricks (some replaced in stone), and yellow brick dressings with stone keys and sills to the openings. On the E and W sides there are segmental-headed doorways in the lower stage, with segmental-headed windows in the other faces. The lower-stage openings have all been infilled. The middle stages also have segmental-headed windows while the upper stage has taller round-headed windows with key and impost blocks. The castellated crown projects on a moulded corbel table and is of banded red and yellow bricks. It has tall merlons with moulded copings.

Interior

The interior is now inaccessible, but retains some plaster to the walls and the joist sockets of the former upper floors. The first floor has a wooden chimneypiece on the N side.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an eye-catcher folly in a prominent location.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29490214

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)