The Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1979. Tower.

The Tower

WRENN ID: grey-slate-falcon
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Amber Valley
Country: England
Date first listed: 13 December 1979
Type: Tower
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SUNNY HILL 1. 5167 Milford The Tower SK 3445 5/15 II 2. North Midland Railway opened Derby to Belper in 1840. Route surveyed by George Stephenson. Tall coursed stone tower. Four storeys. One opening on each floor. Roofless. Square plan. Sited over the Milford Tunnel. Nixon suggests may have been used as a siting tower or theodolite during the surveying of the line and points out that its construction would have employed a large number of men during a slack period. Nixon pages 158 and 159.

Listing NGR: SK3454845118

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