Purdown Hospital, Castle And Screen Wall

This is a mid-18th century tower and screen wall, built by Thomas Wright, originally as an eye-catcher within the landscape park for Stoke Park House, and linked to his Ragged Castle at Badminton. The structure is constructed from random Pennant rubble with dressed stone details. It comprises a round tower, with two set-backs, and varied window openings. A lancet doorway is present, featuring a double door and a barred tympanum, alongside lancet windows with alternating blue and red voussoirs, each with a tooled face. A screen wall extends to the left, towards the base of a second tower. Low in the screen wall are two crossed arrow slits, now incorporated into a late 19th-century house (which is not part of this listed structure). The interior has not been inspected. The tower was illustrated by Loxton around 1900.