Description

BAWDSEY (Off) SHINGLE STREET
TM 34 SE
(South End)
11/20
Martello Tower
G.V. II
Defensive tower. c.1810-1812. Col Twiss and Capt Ford. Rendered brick
with ashlar dressings. Three storeys. Tear-drop shaped plan, the sharper
end facing east towards the sea. Battered walls. At ground level is a C20
door opening facing north west and a large cambered-headed window opening
faces north. At first floor level are a series of 4 window openings with
cambered heads which have slightly projecting ashlar surrounds with lugs to
the top, centre and bottom of each side. At the same level and facing west
is a doorway with ashlar surround and an inset ashlar ladder-slope below
the sill which is now approached by a set of C20 concrete steps. To the
roof is a C20 glazed porch.

Listing NGR: TM3659342546

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)