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Turton Tower

A Grade I Listed Building in North Turton, Blackburn with Darwen

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.6328 / 53°37'58"N

Longitude: -2.4089 / 2°24'32"W

OS Eastings: 373055

OS Northings: 415220

OS Grid: SD730152

Mapcode National: GBR CVMF.8G

Mapcode Global: WH97G.ZY1D

Plus Code: 9C5VJHMR+4C

Entry Name: Turton Tower

Listing Date: 27 January 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1241557

English Heritage Legacy ID: 440684

ID on this website: 101241557

Location: Chapeltown, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, BL7

County: Blackburn with Darwen

Civil Parish: North Turton

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Turton St Anne

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

Tagged with: Manor house Local authority museum

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Description


SD 71 NW TURTON (off) CHAPELTOWN ROAD


7/103 Turton Tower
27.1.1967 (Formerly listed under General)
GV I

Manor house, late medieval, altered and enlarged mainly in late C16
and early C19. Stone pele tower 2 storeys raised to 3 c.1596, with
windows of that date and C17; 2-storey 2-gabled porch with jettied
timber-framed upper floor, also late C16; cruck-framed wing to the
north probably C16 or earlier, subsequently raised and altered; with
various early C19 additions and alterations in matching style but on
larger scale. Scheduled Ancient Monument. (References: VCH; Pevsner;
N.G. Philips Views of the Old Halls of Lancashire and Cheshire 1822-24,
published by Gray 1893; G.E. Peter Laws A Guide to Turton Tower 1985).


Listing NGR: SD7305515220

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