Description

RICHARD'S CASTLE CP THE GREEN
SO 47 SE
1/121 Tower about 10 metres
east of Church of
St Bartholomew

GV I

Detached tower. C14 with some late C19 restoration. Random rubble with
some ashlar dressings and pyramidal slate roof of shallow pitch. Square plan
with a stepped buttress to south-east angle. Three stages, belfry has a
window of two pointed lights under a two-centred head on east, north and
south faces. First stage has single-light square-headed window on east
and south walls, the latter blocked. Ground stage has similar. square-
headed windows in east and south walls. Entrance in west wall has a
restored two-centred arch with chamfered jambs. Roof capped by a weathervane
with cardinal points marked, and a globe on the base. (RCHM, 3, p 172: BoE,
p 275).

Listing NGR: SO4845870277

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q93338248

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)