Martello Tower is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1988. Defensive tower. 1 related planning application.
Martello Tower
- WRENN ID
- upper-corbel-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1988
- Type
- Defensive tower
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BAWDSEY (Off) SHINGLE STREET TM 34 SE (South End) 11/20 Martello Tower G.V. II Defensive tower. c.1810-1812. Col Twiss and Capt Ford. Rendered brick with ashlar dressings. Three storeys. Tear-drop shaped plan, the sharper end facing east towards the sea. Battered walls. At ground level is a C20 door opening facing north west and a large cambered-headed window opening faces north. At first floor level are a series of 4 window openings with cambered heads which have slightly projecting ashlar surrounds with lugs to the top, centre and bottom of each side. At the same level and facing west is a doorway with ashlar surround and an inset ashlar ladder-slope below the sill which is now approached by a set of C20 concrete steps. To the roof is a C20 glazed porch.
Listing NGR: TM3659342546
Detailed Attributes
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