Tower Lodge and Flanking Walls, Eastwell Park is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1957. Tower, gateway.

Tower Lodge and Flanking Walls, Eastwell Park

WRENN ID
still-gable-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1957
Type
Tower, gateway
Address
Tower Lodge and Flanking Walls, Eastwell Park, Faversham Road, Boughton Aluph
OS grid reference
TR 014 459
Coordinates
51.17712, 0.88021
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tower Lodge and Flanking Walls at Eastwell Park were built in 1848 by William Burn. The structure is made of knapped, squared, and coursed flint, featuring ashlar quoins, window dressings, and banding. The tower lodge stands three storeys tall, with four corner turrets, each rising to four storeys and adorned with ashlar quoins and dressings on a plinth. The ground floor has a square section, while the upper storeys are octagonal with a weathered base. There is a string course at the first floor, a moulded stone cornice at the second floor, and an entablature with a cornice at the ogeed cupola. The windows are chamfered stone mullioned, with two lights on the ground floor and a single light above on alternate faces.

The central two-storey gateway features wrought iron double gates and an ornate wrought iron overthrow. The gateway is framed by heavy strap-work and rusticated pilasters, leading to a rusticated arch with strap-work in the spandrels. Above this, a string course with a carved fleur-de-Lys frieze is present over the second-floor chamber, which has single-light chamfered windows on either side of a full achievement with grotesque pilasters that support an entablature with a cornice and a pierced balustrade. Inside, the chamber over the gateway displays a mosaic depicting Alexander the Great's victories.

The flanking walls are six feet high and sweep outwards for 25 yards on either side, constructed of squared coursed flintwork with ashlar-quoined piers, ball finials, and stone balustrades. These walls are terminated by panelled piers topped with large crowned lions bearing coats of arms. Beyond this, the wall continues for an additional 25 yards on either side, made of uncoursed flint with coping stones.

Local climate

Tower Lodge and Flanking Walls, Eastwell Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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