Tower At Haggerston Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1969. Tower. 9 related planning applications.

Tower At Haggerston Castle

WRENN ID: crumbling-spandrel-dale
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Northumberland
Country: England
Date first listed: 22 December 1969
Type: Tower
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ANCROFT HAGGERSTON NU 04 SW 10/41 Tower at 22/12/69 Haggerston Castle

GV II

Tower (along with the Rotunda, q.v.) forms the remains of a house rebuilt 1893-7 by R. Norman Shaw for Thomas Leyland. The rest of the house was demolished in 1933. Ashlar. Very tall and slender L-plan tower. Round- headed ground-floor doorway on north side. The main tower has an elongated canted oriel on each side at the top, and moulded battlements.

Slightly higher stair tower of 12 storeys has small windows with chamfered surrounds. Brick-vaulted basement. The tower was both a water tower and a belvedere.

R. Norman Shaw : Andrew Saint : 1976.

Listing NGR: NU0419343714

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