Watch Tower And Adjoining Wall is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. A C13 Watch tower.

Watch Tower And Adjoining Wall

WRENN ID
errant-roof-heath
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
Watch tower
OS grid reference
SJ 490 122
Coordinates
52.70536, -2.75614
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The watch tower, dating from the 13th century, is constructed from coursed and squared sandstone and features a flat roof. It is three stories high and square in shape. The northeast elevation has a doorway in the slightly projecting lower storey, and there is a door at the first-floor level with a moulded, steeply-arched head. The southwest elevation includes arrow slits, while the northwest has small openings. The tower has a renewed embattled parapet and is adjacent to a length of the Town Wall on the left.

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