Round Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. Tower.

Round Tower

WRENN ID: fading-copper-cobweb
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Portsmouth
Country: England
Date first listed: 13 August 1999
Type: Tower
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SU 60 SW CIRCULAR ROAD (North, off) 774-1/3/192 HM Naval Base Round Tower

GV II

Part of dockyard sea defence wall, now naval accommodation. Built 1843-48 under direction of Captain H James RE; dismantled and re-erected in present position 1867 (Patterson, p28). Ashlar. Circular 3-stage tower, the lower stage battered, with rectangular and round-arched openings; machicolated band, rising over round archway on eastern side; machicolated parapet with roll-moulded coping. The tower was located originally to the north-west of the present No.15 dock (not listed, Patterson, p25). (Sources: The Portsmouth Papers: Riley RC: The Evolution of the Docks & Industrial Buildings in Portsmouth: Portsmouth: 1985: 25 ; A Military Heritage: Patterson BH: A History of Portsmouth & -Portsea Town- Fortifications: Portsmouth: 1984: 25,28 ; Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974: 59).

Listing NGR: SU6299200361

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