Tower And Roadside Wall To West Of Houndhill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1966. Boundary wall.

Tower And Roadside Wall To West Of Houndhill Farmhouse

WRENN ID: drifting-glass-rye
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Barnsley
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 November 1966
Type: Boundary wall
Source: Historic England listing

Description

WORSBROUGH HOUND HILL LANE SE30SW (south side)

1/80 Tower and roadside wall to west of Houndhill 11.11.66 farmhouse (part of item formerly listed as Tower in garden of Hound Hill house) GV II Boundary wall with tower. c1640-44 for Richard Elmhirst. Rubble sandstone. Wall surmounting roadside bank with circular stone tower at north end. Wall has triangular copings which rise over a blocked quoined doorway. Tower has doorway facing Houndhill farmhouse (q.v.) with chamfered quoins and curved lintel. 4 small openings beneath coped parapet.

Interior of tower: narrow stone steps to raised platform behind parapet. Civil war fortification to protect Royalist garrison at Houndhill.

Listing NGR: SE3366704143

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