Tower House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1971. Tower house.
Tower House
- WRENN ID
- graven-bailey-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1971
- Type
- Tower house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
KNUTSFORD
SJ7478 DRURY LANE 792-1/3/18 (South side) 12/10/71 No.9 Tower House (Formerly Listed as: DRURY LANE Nos.4-13 (Consecutive) Old Laundry (formerly listed as workshop between 8 & 9). Water Tower & Chimney)
GV II
Tower house, possibly not originally intended for domestic use. c1900. By Richard Harding Watt. Painted brick, with some projecting brick blocks. Flat roof. 5-storeyed, square in plan. Austere style, with small square windows set deep into the wall. Arched entrance in wall adjoining to the right with flamboyant wrought-iron hinges. Tower now terminates in plain parapet, but was formerly surmounted by a wooden gallery and pinnacle in the style of a minaret. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORY: the tower formed part of a complex including laundry and workers' cottages, established by Watt on the site of a tannery. Part of a remarkable development in Free Style built under the patronage of Richard Harding Watt.
Listing NGR: SJ7527278934
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