The Flag Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. Tower. 9 related planning applications.
The Flag Tower
- WRENN ID
- tangled-cinder-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1967
- Type
- Tower
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK 0643-0743 FARLEY C.P. ALTON PARK
12/93 The Flag Tower 3/1/67 GV II Tower. Early C19. Rock faced ashlar with smooth faced ashlar dressings. Castellated Gothic style; square plan with cylindrical corner turrets. 4 storeys with first floor off-set, second and third-floor storey bands and crenellated parapet with psuedo- machicolations; single recessed bay flanked by corner turrets, pointed windows with Gothic glazing bars and hood moulds, the turrets have slim rectangular loops; pointed first floor door of 3 continuous orders and hood mould, approached by a flight of steps within a ground- floor forebuilding with central pointed entrance arch. This item forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is included at Grade I on the HBMC Gardens Register.
Listing NGR: SK0698443068
Detailed Attributes
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