Tower House

Tower House is a house built between 1827 and 1833, likely designed by PF Robinson and constructed by William Paterson for the fourth Duke of Newcastle. It was altered around 1860 by TC Hine, raised and altered again around 1880 by Watson Fothergill. The house is constructed of red brick, mostly rendered, with a rock-faced ashlar basement and a timber-framed attic with brick infill. It has terracotta dressings and slate roofs. Two coped side wall stacks are rendered. Architectural features include string courses, ground floor and first floor terracotta friezes, a cornice, and a coped parapet.

The house is three storeys high, plus a basement and attics, and has a three-window front. A projecting central tower porch, square in shape and topped with a pyramidal roof and finial, is a prominent feature. The ground floor has two round-headed sash windows with a central shaft, carrying a corbel. Above this is a canted stone bay window with a hipped roof and three sashes. Above the bay window is a smaller three-light window with round-arched plain sashes. The attic has a small, plain sash window on each return. The basement has two small windows and a side door. To the left of the main house is a balustrade wall with ramped coping and a square end pier with a cornice.

The porch's left return has stone steps leading to a round-arched side doorway featuring double shafts and a four-panel door with a lattice overlight. Flanking the porch are large basement windows, the left one with glazing bars. Above the basement windows are single glazing bar sashes, and above those are smaller glazing bar sashes. The group value of the building stems from its architectural merit and historic context.