Leith Hill Tower

Leith Hill Tower is a folly tower built as a landmark in 1764 or 1765 by Richard Hulls of Leith Hill Place, although it is dated 1766 on the fabric due to a faulty restoration of the inscription. The tower was restored and heightened by William Philip Perrin of Tanhurst, and further restored with added battlements and a stair turret in 1864 by William John Evelyn of Wotton House. It is constructed from Bargate stone rubble with brick dressings and mouldings, featuring a square plan. The tower has a battering design with roll moulding and four stages, each separated by brick plat bands. The upper stage includes a stone string course and brick angle quoins, topped with a corbelled and battlemented parapet. An octagonal stair turret is located at the northwest corner, offset and also battlemented. The tower has rectangular lancet windows and a door on the south face. The west face features an arch on impost blocks at the lowest stage, with a roundel above. Each face of the top stage has a two-light window with roundel plate tracery. Richard Hulls was buried below the lower room of the original two-room tower in 1772. The tower stands at the highest point in Surrey, and it is reputed that 13 counties can be seen from its battlements.