Folly Tower at Tower Cottage

FOLLY TOWER AT TOWER COTTAGE, TOWER HILL

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1229825
Date first listed:
11-Jun-1973
Statutory Address:
FOLLY TOWER AT TOWER COTTAGE, TOWER HILL

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Date:
2001-05-13
Reference:
IOE01/00898/26
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1229825
Date first listed:
11-Jun-1973
Statutory Address 1:
FOLLY TOWER AT TOWER COTTAGE, TOWER HILL

Location

Statutory Address:
FOLLY TOWER AT TOWER COTTAGE, TOWER HILL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Surrey
District:
Mole Valley (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ 16833 48386

Details

TOWER HILL 1. 1049 Folly Tower at Tower Cottage TQ 1648 5/207

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2. Circa 1830. Tower of 3 storeys built over ground floor of house at its western end. Sandstone with brick quoins, stringcourses, window dressings and battlements. One window bay; window spaces with pointed arches; modern flat arched casement windows. Tower situated over entrance to house; one storey and attic with basement and with gable at eastern end of house; one window in eastern part. Stuccoed front.

Listing NGR: TQ1683348386

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404649
Legacy System:
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