Observatory Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 January 1971. Tower.

Observatory Tower

WRENN ID
crooked-quartz-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 January 1971
Type
Tower
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Rectangular tower of whitewashed stone. Of four stages, the 3-storey lower section with small balcony at top level facing N (towards the village). The rendered fourth storey is slightly inset, and has window openings to each face having minute external slatted wooden shutters; plain glazing. Shaped shingle roof with box like structure above with star finial over; wide eaves. The ground floor has an arched entrance to the N face and a double-arched, balustraded opening to the E; arched entrance to the second storey on the W face, accessed via a straight flight of external stone steps; small slit-like windows asymmetrically placed to all faces.

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