Banwell Monument is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1984. Monumental tower.
Banwell Monument
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-screen-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1984
- Type
- Monumental tower
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST 35 NE BANWELL BANWELL HILL
4/6 Banwell Monument
G.V. II
Monumental tower. Early/mid C19. Coursed rubble, freestone dressings. 3 stage octagonal tower, quoins where faces meet; each stage slightly set back above a moulded and twice weathered string, cornice missing from top stage; surmounted by an octagonal ashlar lantern with decorated cornice; only north and south faces have openings; to north each stage has a stilted arch window under a plain dripmould; louvres and decorative panels remain only in the top stage on this face; north side of lantern has collapsed; to south, similar windows at first and second stages and similar opening to lantern; at ground level is a door with a Tudor arched plain surround under a dripmould. One of an extensive set of picturesque estate features erected by the antiquarian Bishop Law of Bath and Wells on his Banwell estate.
Listing NGR: ST3873858716
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