Lee Tower is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Tower.

Lee Tower

WRENN ID
noble-pinnacle-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1985
Type
Tower
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SX 48 SW MARYSTOW

6/158 Lee Tower - II

Tower, probably used as a lookout for hunting parties and commanding views of the Coryton Estate. Circa early to mid C19. Stone rubble with buff brick dressings. Battlemented 2-stage circular tower heated on both floors with a projecting rectangular stack disguised as a buttress. The tower has a brick-capped plinth and a brick string course below the battlemented parapet. 3 steps up to a cambered arched doorway with brick voussoirs and flush brick jambs. A window above the doorway has a flat brick arch and flush brick jambs, glazing no longer exists. On the south east the tower has 1 ground floor and 2 first floor windows with similar brick dressings and granite sills, glazing no longer exists. Interior. Inner walls are lined with brick. Floor of upper stage and stairs missing, first floor fireplace intact.

Listing NGR: SX4435584042

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