Listed Building: WATCH TOWER (1329693)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 450, 5, 15
Date assigned 14 April 1967
Date last amended

Description

SJ 86 NE GAWSWORTH C.P. (Off) CHURCH LANE 5/15 Watch Tower (formerly listed as the Pigeon House) 14.4.67 GV II Pigeon loft, now house. Early C18 with later additions and alterations. Red Flemish bond brick with stone slate roof. Three storeys, square in plan. Entrance front: Projecting plinth, chamfered quoins to corners of rubbed brick. Band between ground and first floors. Central door with chamfered quoins to surround and flat arched head of gauged brick. Band breaks forward slightly over door. C20 single-light window to left. First floor central window of 5 x 4 sash panes (probably originally having three casement lights) in moulded surround with ovolo-moulded sides and chamfered quoins to sides. Two-light casement to second floor. C20 single storey additions at right and left. Right hand reveal: C20 sun-porch to ground floor and single light window to left. C20 plate glass window to first floor right and C19 2-light casement window to second floor centre. Rear: Central C19 four-paned sash window. Two 2-light casement windows to first floor. Blocked mezzanine window to centre rising through first and second floors and 2-light second floor window at right. Listing NGR: SJ8940069814

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 58601. [Mapped features: #3828 58601; #9133 58601]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 8939 6981 (10m by 19m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ86NE
Civil Parish GAWSWORTH, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Nov 1 2006 3:02PM