Tower And Flanking Walls Approximately 300 Metres South West Of Ripley Castle

The tower and flanking garden walls, located approximately 300 metres south-west of Ripley Castle, consist of a tower that may date back to the 16th century, while the flanking walls and the tower's parapet were likely constructed in the early to mid-19th century, possibly for Sir William Amcott Ingilby. The tower is built of coursed pink and grey gritstone rubble and is currently roofless and floorless. It measures approximately 4 metres square and has two or three storeys, with the lower storey situated below the present ground level. There is a narrow pointed-arched opening on the north-east side. The tower features a crenellated parapet with a roll-moulded eaves band, and the upper walling may have been rebuilt or added later.

The flanking walls are made of coursed squared gritstone, extending approximately 400 metres in length and standing 2.5 metres high, topped with flat coping stones to the battlemented parapet. These walls connect the Tower Bridge with the gatehouse and were likely built when the lake at Ripley was created in 1843-44. The construction of the lake involved raising the ground surface around the tower and probably led to the demolition of earlier walling between the tower and the gatehouse. Historically, the tower was used as an eel store.