Broughton Tower Special School

Broughton Tower is a former house and school, now converted into flats. This building dates back to the 14th century as a pele tower and was extended to the south in the mid to late 18th century. Additional wings were added in 1882-1883, with some 20th-century modifications. The structure is built of stone rubble with ashlar dressings and has slate roofs.

The south facade features two storeys with a basement and consists of eight bays. The three-bay center projects forward, while the first, seventh, and eighth bays form projecting wings. The facade includes quoins and a coped embattled parapet. The ogee-headed windows are framed with architraves and are sashed, featuring glazing bars, octagonal and square quarries, and intersecting glazing bars at the heads. The wings have single glazing bars and Y tracery heads. The porch has an embattled parapet and an ogee-headed entrance accessed by steps, adorned with clustered shafts, pinnacles, and a fleuron.

At the rear, a three-storey pele tower is visible, complete with an embattled parapet and a blind Diocletian window. The north elevation showcases the pele tower at the center, featuring an embattled parapet with an escutcheon. Pointed windows are paired with a balcony on the ground floor, and similar windows are found on the returns. Lean-to bays on the returns have gable-end stacks, along with low 20th-century single-storey projections. The eastern wing includes a three-storey round tower at the angle, while the western wing has a square turret and a two-storey, two-bay service wing with a smaller wing to the west, all featuring sashed windows and a hipped roof.

Rainwater heads are dated "ES/1777", "R C7/17/44", and "IS/1837". The west elevation mirrors the ogee-headed windows of the south elevation and has an ogee-headed entrance.

Inside, the building contains rooms with ribbed ceilings. The hall features a dog-leg stair with an open string and two balusters on the tread. The landing has two segmental arches. A re-set French early 16th-century portal with a shaped pediment can be found within. The dining room boasts a re-set Italian Renaissance chimney piece. The basement is vaulted, and there is a spiral stair leading to the former pele tower.