Building record 2185/1/2 - The Tower, Tower Hill, Rainow

<1> Cheshire East Council, 2010, Cheshire East LDF Local List of Historic Buildings (Report). SCH5404.

The structure is within the grounds of Tower Hill House. The Tower appears on the 1870 OS map, the exact date and original function unknown. The Tower, a notable, well known landmark located in a prominent position on Tower Hill.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 339/2, 1850 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The building is not depicted on this map.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9475, 1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the Tower. It is seemingly located on the eastern corner of a larger building or structure to the immediate south of Tower Hill Farm.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9475, 1897-1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The possible building or structure is no longer extant. Only the tower remains.

<5> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 20/05/2025 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

A square tower of seemingly drystone construction. False merlons make it appear crenelated but there is no obvious parapet. The central false merlon on the road side bears a plaque which reads "Tower Hill". A possible folly built to reference the placename?