Appley Tower

Appley Tower is an early to mid-19th century tower situated on the seashore to the east of the Esplanade, originally part of the Appley Towers estate. The tower is relatively low and built of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. It features a splayed base, machicolation, and a crenellated parapet, with a corbelled turret containing slit lights. Two-light casements with cusped ogee shaped arches to the lights are set within rectangular rusticated ashlar surrounds, each with a drip mould. A rectangular stone bay window faces the sea, having an inclined face supported on stone brackets, and incorporates three lights to the front and one each to the sides, all with four-centred arches, and a transom. The roof is hipped and tiled, with overhanging bracketed eaves. Stone steps, flanked by a rubble parapet, curve up from the east side to a small terrace in front of a rectangular entrance bay facing south. A four-centred arch frames the blocked door, set within an ashlar surround, and a plaque displaying the Appley Arms is positioned above. Below the terrace, on the ground floor, a further four-centred arch doorway is set within a plain ashlar surround.