Watch Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1955. A Late C15 Watch tower.
Watch Tower
- WRENN ID
- inner-cinder-sedge
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1955
- Type
- Watch tower
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watch Tower is a late 15th-century gazebo located on Lyddington Church Lane. It features the arms of John Russell, who was Bishop of Lincoln from 1480 to 1494. The structure is built from coursed ironstone rubble, with pale limestone quoins and dressings, and has a Collyweston slate roof.
This small octagonal tower stands two storeys high. The lower storey includes a passageway with chamfered four-centred arches, which turns a corner between Main Street and Church Lane. There is a blocked round window in a limestone surround with a pointed head. The upper storey has blocked windows on alternating sides, also with chamfered four-centred arches and cut spandrels. Above the west window, there is a square panel featuring blind tracery and a heraldic shield. Access to the tower is provided by a raised walkway along the adjacent wall, leading to an entrance with a chamfered four-centred arch.
Inside, the small upper chamber contains cupboard recesses situated between the windows. The Watch Tower is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument No 180 and is under the guardianship of English Heritage.
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