The Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1972. House. 1 related planning application.
The Tower
- WRENN ID
- rusted-buttress-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 November 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Tower, 32, Walden Road, Sewards End, CB10 2LF
- OS grid reference
- TL 571 379
- Coordinates
- 52.01793, 0.28843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tower is a large house built in the mid-19th century, with some refurbishment in the 20th century. It is constructed of red brick and features leaded roofs, with a square plan and clasping corner turrets. The building has two storeys and a basement, supporting a 'piano nobile' layout.
The north elevation is symmetrical, with a three-window range and single range end turrets. The windows are segment-headed, primarily sash windows with three panes by four panes. There are middle and upper brick bands, with the upper band being dentilled and featuring a castellated parapet and recessed panels above the windows below. The turrets rise above the central block to three storeys, with narrow segment-headed sash windows of two panes by four panes. The turrets are topped with ogival leaded cupolas.
The central doorway is located in a projecting castellated porch with diagonal buttresses, approached by steps, and features a boarded and battened door. At the east end, there is a two-storey service block with a ramped castellated parapet, a boarded door with a light approached by steps, and an adjacent casement window.
The rear south and west side elevations are similar to the front, with no doorways and basement windows that are top-hung casements with five panes by three panes. The south elevation includes the service block on the east side, which has a 20th-century fully glazed door and sidelights, with a total of six panes by five panes under a segment head.
The east side elevation mirrors the rest but has a service addition to the three central bays, featuring a castellated parapet and a low pitch leaded roof. The windows are segment-headed, with five on the ground floor and three on the first floor, displaying irregular spacing and a mix of sashes and casements with glazing bars. A large central rectangular stack rises over the house, complemented by a tall narrow stack aligned over the roof of the service block. The upper turret windows are round, fixed, and have radial glazing bars. The interior reflects the same architectural style.
Local climate
The Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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