South-west tower of St Augustine's Abbey Church. One of twin towers flanking the last bays of the nave and considered to be the conception of Abbot Wido replacing Abbot Scolland's original intention for the west end. The foundations of the south west tower were revealed by excavations in 1977. It seems likely that Wido planned the towers, laid the foundations and built the footings for them but the actual superstructures may not have been completed until after his death probably by Hugh de Fleury. Nothing above floor levels now survives of the tower. It appears to have developed a weakness by the 14th century and a clasping buttress was added to consolidate the tower and the south aisle wall. This matched another clasping buttress on the south west corner. It has been assumed that the form and decoration of this tower paralleled that of the north-west tower (see TR 15 NE 227). The south west tower was demolished in 1793.