Description

SD 57 SW OVER KELLET HOBSON'S LANE (off)

4/136 Gamekeeper's Tower

II

Probably a shooting lodge, early C19th. Sandstone rubble. Square plan
with projecting turret at west end of north wall. 3 storeys. Windows have
plain reveals and 2-centred heads. East wall has windows on ground and 2nd
floors. South wall has windows on ground and 1st floors. West wall has
window on 2nd floor. East wall of turret has a narrow light with pointed
head on the 1st and 2nd floor, with a similar opening in the north side on
the ground floor. Tower has battlemented parapet. Against the west wall
is a single-storey lean-to, now without a roof, with a window in its south
wall with pointed head and plain reveals and a similar door in its north
wall, now repaired with a concrete lintel.

Listing NGR: SD5410971350

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26327209

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)