Battlemented Look-Out Tower To The West End Of Hedgemead Park

The look-out tower at the west end of Hedgemead Park was built in 1889 by T.B. Silcock. It is constructed from limestone ashlar at the parapet and rough ashlar for the tower, which features railings at the top. The tower has a three-quarter cylindrical plan and extends to the east side of a revetment wall that runs north to south through the park, serving as a substantial buttress to the wall. The base of the tower is approximately 4 meters in diameter and about 4 meters high. It has a thick battlemented parapet with a platband below and blind cross-loopholes beneath each merlon. Inside the parapet are simple straight railings. This tower is a romantically designed neo-baronial feature that enhances the park, which was established on the site of a significant landslide that damaged many houses, necessitating the construction of the revetment wall.