The Prospect Tower And Wall And Railings To The South is a Grade II* listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. A Victorian Observation tower. 1 related planning application.
The Prospect Tower And Wall And Railings To The South
- WRENN ID
- lone-moat-candle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1967
- Type
- Observation tower
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK 0643-0743 FARLEY C.P. ALTON PARK
12/115 3/1/67 The Prospect Tower and wall and railings to the south. (Formerly listed as "The Pagoda") - II* Observation tower, wall and railings. Circa 1824. By Robert Abraham. Painted ashlar and cast iron. Octagonal plan tower with Gothic details. 3 stages receeding in diameter from bottom to top, the 2 lower stages have an outer arcade of 4-centred arches springing from banded and clustered shafts, the upper stage has pointed windows beneath pointed hoods which spring from the paired shafts at each corner; ogee glass dome with cast iron tracery. Approximately 10 yard length of ashlar wall surmounted by low cast iron railings with Gothic arcading 3 yards south of the Prospect Tower and part of the same architectural composition. This item forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is included at Grade I on the HBMC Garden Register.
Listing NGR: SK0774343326
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