Martello Tower is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1950. Military structure.

Martello Tower

WRENN ID: low-loft-larch
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: East Suffolk
Country: England
Date first listed: 27 February 1950
Type: Military structure
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ALDEBURGH

TM45SE SLAUGHDON 837-1/3/44 Martello Tower 27/02/50

II*

Martello tower. 1808-10 by Royal Engineers to design of Colonel Twiss and Captain Ford: sold 1932 and converted to house: commandeered 1940 as military watch tower: restored 1973. Red brick on granite plinth and with ashlar dressings. 4-gun tower, quatrefoil in plan and surrounded by deep brick moat. EXTERIOR: entrance to west set in stone reveals and reached by elevated timber walkway. In each of 4 lobes is one ashlar-faced round-headed window. INTERIOR: not inspected. Eastern segment of the moat has been eroded by the sea. Tower is the most northerly and largest of those built during the Napoleonic War. Scheduled Ancient Monument, No. 106 (Kent P: Fortifications of East Anglia: Lavenham: 1988-: 145-147; BOE: Pevsner N: Suffolk, 2nd Edition: Harmondsworth: 1974-: 73).

Listing NGR: TM4629554908

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