Tower Cottage

Tower Cottage is a folly cottage located on the Shrubland Estate, built in 1857 as indicated by painted plaques in the blind window openings. It was commissioned by Sir W.F. Middleton, Bart. The structure features a three-storey tower with a pentagonal plan, primarily constructed of flint rubble with gault brick dressings. The flat roof is adorned with embattled parapets made of gault brick, and there are bands of brick at each floor level.

The windows have semicircular heads and small pane sashes, with the upper sashes rising into the head and featuring intersecting glazing bars. The third storey has smaller windows arranged in pairs. Some windows have been replaced with 20th-century small-pane casements. The entrance doors on the ground and first storeys are boarded, with the first-storey door accessed by an external stair that has flint and brick balustrading. Above this doorway is a carved limestone plaque displaying the Middleton family crest. A stair-turret extends the full height of the building, providing access to the roof.