Harlow Hill Tower (Observatory) is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1949. Tower, observatory.

Harlow Hill Tower (Observatory)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1949
Type
Tower, observatory
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. 5338 OTLEY ROAD HARLOW HILL Harlow Hill Tower (Observatory ) SE 2854 24/13 18.7.49 II

  2. Circa 1829 built bu John Thompson as a 90 ft high viewpoint embracing "three cathedrals, seven battlefields, seventeen castles, twenty-three abbeys,twenty market towns, over seventy gentleman's seats and nearly two hundred churches" (Hargrave). Plain square tower of hammer dressed ashlar. Modern domed observatory roof and upper storey with plain coping. Irregularly placed loops. 2 storey entrance extension on east side with tiled roof and 1st floor doorway approached by steps.

Listing NGR: SE2880254183

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