Vicarage Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. Tower house. 1 related planning application.
Vicarage Tower
- WRENN ID
- strange-cloister-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1952
- Type
- Tower house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PONTELAND MAIN STREET NZ 1672 (North side) 27/323 Vicarage Tower 27.8.52
GV II
Tower house. Said to be C14, but existing remains appear C16 or early C17. Random rubble patched with brick. 3 storeys. c.24 x 20 ft. in plan.
On south side 3 large openings with C20 lintels.
On west side a blocked C16 door with chamfered surround; also a roof groove and holes for roof timbers of former adjoining wing. One chamfered jamb of the doorway into this wing also survives with harr post and drawbar slot. Blocked door on 1st floor has part of early-medieval grave cover with Celtic cross, used as jamb stone. Two C16 windows with chamfered surrounds. Roof groove of former attached wing.
A controlled ruin at time of survey.
Listing NGR: NZ1647572838
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