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Latitude: 52.4159 / 52°24'57"N
Longitude: -2.1129 / 2°6'46"W
OS Eastings: 392420
OS Northings: 279768
OS Grid: SO924797
Mapcode National: GBR 2DX.DNH
Mapcode Global: VH91Q.BJCV
Plus Code: 9C4VCV8P+8V
Entry Name: Folly Tower 150 Yards South of Clent Grove
Listing Date: 29 March 1983
Last Amended: 17 July 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1301122
English Heritage Legacy ID: 156322
ID on this website: 101301122
Location: Lower Clent, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, DY9
County: Worcestershire
District: Bromsgrove
Civil Parish: Clent
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
Church of England Parish: Clent
Church of England Diocese: Worcester
SO 97 NW CLENT CP ADAM'S HILL
6/57 Folly Tower about 150 yards
south of Clent Grove
29.3.83 (Formerly listed as Folly
Tower)
II
Folly tower. Late C18. Handmade brick with stone dressings. Twin round
towers linked by lower central section. Three storeys with corbel table
and embattled parapets. Window openings have stone architraves. Towers
have pointed-arched windows to front and sides, quatrefoil windows at first
floor level and windows shaped like Maltese crosses above. Linking section
has a pointed archway on the ground floor and a pointed first floor window.
This folly tower appears to have been of similar design to that at Castle
Bourne, Bell End, Belbroughton CP (qv).
Listing NGR: SO9242079768
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