Charter Tower is a Grade II* listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1948. Manor house remains.

Charter Tower

WRENN ID: unlit-pinnacle-heath
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Dacorum
Country: England
Date first listed: 18 June 1948
Type: Manor house remains
Source: Historic England listing

Description

QUEENSWAY 1. 5252 (North Side) Charter Tower (formerly listed under Bury Road) TL 0507 1/24 18.6.48.

II* GV 2. C16, remnant of former Manor House of Sir Richard Combe. Ashlar, 2 storeys with porch on ground floor. 2 superimposed orders with attached columns, Doric to ground floor. Square plan. Panel below lst floor window carved with arms, much worn, almost obliterated, of Sir Richard Combe, owner and builder of house (on site of earlier house) between 1557 and 1595 Until recently ivy covered. VCH, p 220; RCHM, p 110. AM.

Charter Tower and Manor House Garden Walls form a group.

Listing NGR: TL0547807715

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