Ninebanks Tower, Adjacent To The South End Of Ninebanks Post Office

The tower, built in the early 16th century, was originally attached to the east gable of an earlier manor house. It was subsequently heightened, and a stair turret was added in the later 16th century. It is constructed of rubble with stone dressings; the later 16th-century work is of more massive rubble. The tower is roughly square in plan, with a rectangular stair turret at the west end of the north face.

The east-facing elevation includes a blocked rectangular chamfered loop just above ground level, with a small inserted window above it. A first-floor window was originally of two lights, with a monolithic head and two-centred arches. The second-floor features a rectangular chamfered window with a pair of raised inverted shields on the lintel. Above this, a weathered pitched roof or gablet is visible. A hollow-chamfered course overhangs, supporting the third floor with a pair of rectangular windows one above the other, and a corbelled cornice, which previously supported a parapet. The stair turret has three chamfered loops. The right return has a blocked Tudor-arched door, partly concealed by the stair turret, and a rectangular chamfered first-floor loop. The left return has chamfered loops to the first and third floors, and a small slit to the second. Two stone spouts project from the moulded parapet. To the left, a buttress-like projection is part of the earlier house. The rear elevation shows an inserted door and patching, along with several doorways with chamfered surrounds, some of which are blocked, in the stair turret. To the left of the turret is one jamb of a ground-floor window of the former north range.

Internally, at the first and second floor levels, doorways with monolithic Tudor-arched heads are now blocked. To the right of the second-floor door is a blocked chamfered window, looking into the tower and exposing part of the gable of the earlier manor house. The third floor retains the remains of a fireplace. The lower section of the stair turret has been infilled, while the upper part retains its stone newel stair, with a circular gunloop on the north side near the top.

The heraldry on the tower, now defaced, is believed to relate to Sir Thomas Dacre, who ruled Hexhamshire from 1515 to 1526.