Naze Tower

Naze Tower is a navigation tower built in 1720 for Trinity House. It is constructed of plum-coloured brick and features an octagonal shape with three diminishing stages, supported by clasping buttresses at the corners. The upper stage, added in the 19th or 20th century, has a moulded brick plinth and a concrete plinth from 1979 below it. The third stage includes two round-headed window openings, one of which is now blocked, along with three windows above the second stage, two of which are also blocked. The second stage has two round-headed windows, and the first stage has a single window. The entrance features 20th-century double vertically boarded doors with a concrete lintel above. A lead plaque above the doorway indicates its construction by Trinity House in 1720.

Inside, the tower has several storeys connected by an iron spiral staircase. The top section has an iron framework. The tower was designed to work with Walton Hall Tower as a guide for vessels navigating through the Goldmer Gap, and it also included a light in Suffolk to assist in guiding vessels into the rivers along the Suffolk and Essex border.