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Preston Tower (Old) 1034424

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.710501 55.522382,-1.710534 55.522379,-1.710528...
• entry-date: 2013-01-29
• listed-building: 1034424
• name: Preston Tower (Old)
• notes: ELLINGHAM PRESTON NU 12 NE 11/161 Preston Tower (old) 22.12.69 GV II* Part of tower house. C14 restored 1864 by Henry Robert Baker Cresswell. Squared stone with Welsh slate roof. The remains include the south wall and 2 southern corner turrets of a larger hall-type tower house with 4 towers (cf. Haughton Castle and Langley Castle). The rear wall is of 1864. 3 storeys. Chamfered plinth. Recessed centre flanked by projecting turrets. In the centre a boarded door in C16, or C17 chamfered surround. 2 slit windows with chamfered surrounds above door. 4 similar windows in turret to left, 3 in turret to right. On 2nd floor in centre, a large clock with ceramic face inscribed H R B C for the restorer. Embattled parapet. Higher turrets have rounded corbels below parapets. On left return a blocked, low, narrow C14 doorway with pointed arch and chamfered surround. To rear, similar clock face dated 1864. Interior: springing of ground-floor vault visible. The turrets have pointed tunnel-vaulted chambers on each floor. Also in turrets 3 C16 or C17 fireplaces with chamfered surrounds; one has a lintel, with keystone. Many mason's marks. C14 doorways into turret rooms have pointed arches and chamfered surrounds. ,
• reference: 1034424
• start-date: 1969-12-22