Watchtower is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 February 1978. Watchtower.

Watchtower

WRENN ID
errant-stronghold-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 February 1978
Type
Watchtower
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The building is a two-storey watchtower made of lias rubble. It has a battered base and features a corbelled parapet along with a string course. The seaward elevation includes a corner chimney stack on the first floor chamber, which is lit by a segmental-headed window. There is a former boat entrance with a segmental-headed arch, although the lower part has been blocked to create a window. The west elevation has a wide square-headed entry with boarded doors below and a camber-headed window above. The elevations facing east and north are blank.

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