Tower And Attached Walls In Tarner Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1971. Tower. 4 related planning applications.
Tower And Attached Walls In Tarner Recreation Ground
- WRENN ID
- standing-shingle-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1971
- Type
- Tower
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRIGHTON
TQ3104SE SUSSEX STREET 577-1/41/886 (South side) 20/08/71 Tower and attached walls in Tarner Recreation Ground (Formerly Listed as: SUSSEX STREET Ornamental Tower in the Blaker Recreation Ground)
II
Lookout tower. Mid C19. Said to have been built by the merchant Edwin Tarner so that he could sight ships coming into port across the Channel. Knapped and squared flint with brick dressings. Roof obscured by parapet. 2 cylindrical stages, the top setting back to form a walkway. Segmental-arched brick openings with brick jambs on the cardinal points of both stages; top stage has 2 continuous brick lacing courses. Brick and stone coping to bottom stage; brick coping to top stage. Tower straddles terrace walling of cobble and brick, which is included in this listing. Originally these grounds were part of the Tarner House grounds, No.1 Tilbury Place (qv). (Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-: 30B).
Listing NGR: TQ3173804461
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