Listed Building: WATERLOO TOWER IN GROUNDS OF QUEX PARK (1094674)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 878, 9, 87A
Date assigned 22 February 1973
Date last amended

Description

QUEX PARK 1. 1380 BIRCHINGTON-ON-SEA Waterloo Tower in grounds of Quex Park TR 36 NW 9/87A II 2. 1818-1820. Built of red brick. 4 storeys with 4 octagonal turrets. Crenellated, Lancets with Gothick glazing bars and arrow-slit windows. It is surmounted by a later C19 cast iron spire crowned by a hen weathervane. The base has 2 1 storeyed entrance lodges with crocketted spires, also crenellated. Royal Coat of Arms above doorcase, Mausoleum at base with the inscription: "This tower was restored and the mausoleum was dedicated to the memory of Henry Horace Powell Cotton by his son 1896." The interior has a peal of 12 bells. Listing NGR: TR3087668294

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 3108 6804 (point)
Map sheet TR36NW
Civil Parish BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 9:41AM