The Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. A C18 Folly tower.

The Tower

WRENN ID
south-steeple-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1975
Type
Folly tower
Period
C18
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. 5280 WESTERHAM TOWER WOOD

The Tower TQ 45 SW 44/1521

II

  1. Folly tower, C18 building with some classical detail. Roofless and ruinous. Square tower with projecting square entrance section on south side and full eight canted bay on north. Galletted rubble masonry in rough courses. Plinth and 1st floor band. 2 storeys and basement, parapet top. Door and 2 square windows with keystones and lintels in front. East and West walls have tall, round arched window on 1st floor and 2 round windows below, that on left of West front now only a gaping hole. Similar hole and traces of door in north bay. Inside splayed window reveals lined in red brick. Some interior plasterwork.

Listing NGR: TQ4449552862

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