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Latitude: 51.2113 / 51°12'40"N
Longitude: -3.4768 / 3°28'36"W
OS Eastings: 296941
OS Northings: 146826
OS Grid: SS969468
Mapcode National: GBR LJ.3WJH
Mapcode Global: VH5JY.PTB8
Plus Code: 9C3R6G6F+G7
Entry Name: Elgin Tower
Listing Date: 28 October 1976
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1207870
English Heritage Legacy ID: 391227
ID on this website: 101207870
Location: Higher Town, Somerset, TA24
County: Somerset
District: Somerset West and Taunton
Civil Parish: Minehead
Built-Up Area: Minehead
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Tower
MINEHEAD
SS9646 ST MICHAEL'S ROAD
900-1/3/72 (North side)
28/10/76 Elgin Tower
II
House. Dated 1887. Snecked red sandstone ashlar; gabled slate
roofs and brick stacks. Asymmetrical complex plan. Scottish
Baronial style. 3 and 4 storeys; irregular window pattern.
3-storey crow-stepped gable to the left, 4-storey square tower
to the right with a taller stair turret and canon waterspouts;
castellated parapets with false machiolation. The entrance,
approached from the left by a flight of stairs to the first
floor, has a large semicircular arch under a crow-stepped
gable with a datestone. Rainwater heads are also dated. A low
circular bay is to the right. INTERIOR not inspected.
This is a prestigious house in a dominant position high above
the town.
Listing NGR: SS9694146826
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