Hiorns Tower

1. 5401 Hiorn's Tower

TQ 00 NW 6/1B 26.3.49.

II*

2. 1787-1789 .[Hiorn first employed on succession of 11th Duke of Norfolk in 1787, and died in 1789: these are therefore limiting dates for the design, not the construction]. Folly. Architect Francis Hiorn. Dressed knapped flint, with chequerboard flushwork of Pulborough stone. Pulborough stone dressings. 3 storeys and parapet. Hexagonal in plan, with octagonal turrets abutting alternate sides. 3 remaining sides have one window range each. 1st floor windows square-headed, 3 lights with 4-centred relieving arch, subdivided by 3 unmoulded cuspless lancets. Hoodmoulds continued both ways as stringcourses. Crenellated parapet. Towers have 4 slits on each side, coved machicolation, crenellated parapets. Door is on west side, with pointed arched head set in oblong recessed panel. 2 similar doors in east and south-west turrets, linked by balcony with iron railings. Hexagonal surrounding wall of flint knapped but not dressed, with chequerboard flushwork of Pulborough stone. Octagonal piers at angles and flanking gates, Pulborough stone with embattled tops. 3 western sides of wall are half height, and are made up to their full height with iron railings; spear, fleur-de-lys, and Maltese cross finials. Gates on west sides; those on east side blocked.

Listing NGR: TQ0124807835