Leith Hill Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1966. Tower. 1 related planning application.
Leith Hill Tower
- WRENN ID
- hollow-bronze-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1966
- Type
- Tower
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WOTTON C.P. LEITH HILL TQ 14SW
6/124 Leith Hill Tower 11/11/66 II
Folly Tower. Built as a landmark in 1764 or 65 by Richard Hulls of Leith Hill Place, although dated on fabric, 1766, after faulty restoration of inscription. Tower restored and heightened by William Philip Perrin of Tanhurst. Further restored and battlements and stair turret added in 1864 by William John Evelyn of Wotton House. Bargate stone rubble with brick dressings and mouldings. Square plan. Battering Tower with roll moulding, four stages above separated by brick plat bands, upper stage with stone string course and brick angle quoins. Corbelled and battlemented parapet to top stage. Octagonal stair turret at north west corner of four stages, offset, and with battlemented top. Rectangular lancet fenestration with door in south face. West face of tower has arch on impost blocks to lowest stage, roundel above. Two light and roundel plate tracery window in panel to top stage in each face. Richard Hulls was buried below the lower room of the original two room tower in 1772. The tower stands on the highest point in the County of Surrey and reputedly it is possible to see 13 Counties from its battlements.
Listing NGR: TQ1394843162
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