Listed building outline

Preston Tower (Old)

Field	Value	Fact links
Reference	1034424	Facts
Prefix	listed-building-outline	Facts
Name	Preston Tower (Old)	Facts
Dataset	Listed building outline	no fact link
Organisation	Northumberland County Council	no fact link
Start date	1969-12-22	no fact link
End date		no fact link
Entry date	1969-12-22	Facts
Typology	geography	no fact link
Geometry	`MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.710501 55.522382, -1.710534 55.522379, -1.710528 55.522359, -1.710632 55.52235, -1.710624 55.522324, -1.710652 55.522321, -1.710638 55.522267, -1.710575 55.522271, -1.71058 55.522287, -1.71043 55.522294, -1.710443 55.522342, -1.710489 55.522338, -1.710501 55.522382)))` `MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.710501 55.522382, -1.710534 55.522379, -1.710528 55.522359, -1.710632 55.52235, -1.710624 55.522324, -1.710652 55.522321, -1.710638 55.522267, -1.710575 55.522271, -1.71058 55.522287, -1.71043 55.522294, -1.710443 55.522342, -1.710489 55.522338, -1.710501 55.522382)))`	Facts
Point	`POINT (-1.710547 55.522319)`	Facts
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. ,	Facts
Listed building	1034424	Facts

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