Coram Tower

Coram Tower is a rectangular tower block dating to the late 1880s and 1890s, accompanied by lower wings to the north. The structure is built of coursed blue lias rubble with Ham stone dressings, topped with a peaked plain tile roof and a weathervane at the apex.

The south front of the tower has two window bays. It is characterised by a parapet with moulded strings and a small shaped gable above the third-floor window. The second floor features a single-light window to the left and a three-light mullioned and transomed window to the right. The first floor contains a two-light transomed and mullioned window to the left and a splayed six-light mullioned and transomed oriel bay to the right. The ground floor has three two-light mullioned windows. A single-storey addition with a tile roof is located at the left-hand end of the ground floor, including a three-light mullioned window and a short wall section incorporating a three-centred gateway and wrought iron gate.

The east side of the tower, also with two window bays, has the right-hand bay projecting slightly forward. The third floor contains a three-light mullioned and transomed window on the right-hand side, with a two-light mullioned and transomed window on the second floor, and a two-light faceted oriel bay with corbelling on the left and a three-light mullioned and transomed window on the right of the first floor. The ground floor has a single-light window to the left and a two-light window to the right.

A lower two-storey and attic wing extends north along Pound Road, featuring two window bays. To the left is a tall two-light mullioned and transomed window, and to the right an attic window with a shaped gable and a splayed five-light bay on both the first and ground floors. Further north is a single-storey wing with a five-light mullioned and transomed window to the left and a projecting gabled bay to the right, containing two two-light mullioned windows. The building was originally constructed as a house for the masters of St Michael’s College, now Coram Court.