Duty Point Tower

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS64NE LEE ABBEY 858-1/1/63 Duty Point Tower 03/09/73 (Formerly Listed as: LYNTON Duty Point Tower near Lee Bay)

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Folly tower. Mid C19. Rubble, flat roof not visible or accessible. A square tower at one of the highest points of the hill immediately to the N of Lee Abbey (qv). The tower is in 2 stages, with a flat roof, and has diagonal buttresses to 3 corners, and square buttresses to the SW corner; on the W side is a projecting square 'bay'. The plain walls are oversailed by heavy crenellations carried on corbels. To E and N are 3-light windows to concrete lintels, with a small slit window at the upper level on the N side, and the 'bay' has a 2-light. To the S is a simple doorway with flat arched 'Saxon' head. INTERIOR: a simple square room with concrete floor. To the left of the bay projection is a fireplace with brick arched opening, ceiling joists are carried on stone corbels. The upper chamber not accessible. This appears to have been built as a folly; whether there was ever any 'duty' required of it is not established, although it does have a commanding position overlooking the Bristol Channel, located 120m above sea level.

Listing NGR: SS6955649525