North Tower in inner front garden, with the garden boundary wall leading to the NE wing of the house is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 September 1961. Tower.

North Tower in inner front garden, with the garden boundary wall leading to the NE wing of the house

WRENN ID
empty-lintel-soot
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 September 1961
Type
Tower
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The North Tower is located in the inner front garden, connected to the northeast wing of the house by a garden boundary wall. This circular tower, built of rubble sandstone, stands two storeys tall and features a conical stone slated roof. It may have originally served as a dovecote on the upper floor, similar to the south tower, but is now plastered internally. The tower has two 2-light hollow chamfered stone windows.

On the ground floor, there is a depressed Tudor chamfered doorcase at the garden corner. The upper floor can be accessed independently via a walled dog-leg stair that leads from a Tudor headed gate in the north garden wall. The upper floor originally had a raking roof and features a similar chamfered stone doorcase at the top of the stair, complete with a label above. The upper chamber is ceiled.

A rebuilt rubble stone wall extends from the tower to the corner of the northeast wing of the house.

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