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. 1 related planning application.
Harlow Hill Tower (Observatory)
- WRENN ID
- dim-mullion-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1949
- Type
- Tower, observatory
- Address
- Harlow Hill Tower (Observatory), Otley Road, Harrogate, HG2 0AZ
- OS grid reference
- SE 288 541
- Coordinates
- 53.98292, -1.56229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Harlow Hill Tower, also known as the Observatory, was built around 1829 by John Thompson as a 90-foot high viewpoint. It offers views of "three cathedrals, seven battlefields, seventeen castles, twenty-three abbeys, twenty market towns, over seventy gentleman's seats, and nearly two hundred churches" according to Hargrave. The tower is a plain square structure made of hammer-dressed ashlar. It features a modern domed observatory roof and an upper storey with plain coping. The tower has irregularly placed loops and includes a two-storey entrance extension on the east side, which has a tiled roof and a first-floor doorway accessed by steps.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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