Kirkandrews Tower is a Grade II* listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. Tower house.
Kirkandrews Tower
- WRENN ID
- rough-rafter-sparrow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Tower house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kirkandrews Tower is a house that originally served as a tower house, built in the 16th century to replace an earlier structure for the Graham family, with alterations made in the 18th and 20th centuries. The building features thick red sandstone rubble walls sitting on a chamfered plinth, large flush quoins, and corbelled parapets with projecting water spouts. It has a steeply pitched gabled slate roof with a parapet and end stone chimney stacks. The tower has three storeys and two bays.
A 20th-century door on the first floor, framed by a roll moulded architrave, is accessed by 19th-century external stone steps. The entrance to the basement below features a plank door with a similar architrave. To the left of the entrance is a small original window, while two similar windows on the two levels above have been blocked. There are partly blocked 18th-century openings on three levels to the left, which now have 20th-century casements. The rear wall includes a large blocked window from the 18th century, a 19th-century window to the left, and other 20th-century windows.
Inside, the tower has a vaulted basement that was originally accessed by a trap door from the first floor. A newel staircase is located in the thickness of the wall beside the entrance.
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