Description

CRESSWELL CRESSWELL VILLAGE
NZ 29 SE
8/12 Cresswell Tower
20.10.69
GV II*

Towerhouse, probably C14; embattled parapet early C18. Squared stone with
dressings. Rectangular plan, 3 storeys. Segmental pointed doorways to ground
and 1st floors on north, the upper being the original entrance (traces of
machicolated projection above). Windows mostly rectangular chamfered loops,
except for ground floor vesica on east and larger C17 window, formerly with
mullion and transom, on 1st floor south. All openings to lower floors blocked
at time of survey. Corbelled-out turrets at eastern angles, smaller corbelled
projections at parapet level on south and west.

Interior: Ground floor has barrel vault. Newel stair at north-east corner.
Contemporary fireplaces, mural recesses and garderobe.

The medieval tower of the Cresswells; an adjacent 'mansion house' on the north
was built in the early C18 and demolished in the C19.

Listing NGR: NZ2936593356

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Cresswell Castle at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q17546060 Q5184519

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)