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Latitude: 55.5223 / 55°31'20"N
Longitude: -1.7106 / 1°42'38"W
OS Eastings: 418371
OS Northings: 625432
OS Grid: NU183254
Mapcode National: GBR J4HL.G7
Mapcode Global: WHC0Z.PGND
Plus Code: 9C7WG7CQ+WQ
Entry Name: Preston Tower (old)
Listing Date: 22 December 1969
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1034424
English Heritage Legacy ID: 409582
ID on this website: 101034424
Location: Preston, Northumberland, NE67
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Ellingham
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Ellingham St Maurice
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
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ELLINGHAM
CHATHILL
PRESTON
Preston Tower (old)
(Formerly listed as Preston Tower (old), ELLINGHAM)
22.12.69
GV
II*
Part of tower house. C14 restored 1864 by Henry Robert Baker Cresswell. Squared stone with Welsh slate roof. The remains include the south wall and two southern corner turrets of a larger hall-type tower house with four towers (cf. Haughton Castle and Langley Castle). The rear wall is of 1864.
Three storeys. Chamfered plinth. Recessed centre flanked by projecting turrets. In the centre a boarded door in C16, or C17 chamfered surround. Two slit windows with chamfered surrounds above door. Four similar windows in turret to left, three in turret to right. On second floor in centre, a large clock with ceramic face inscribed H R B C for the restorer. Embattled parapet. Higher turrets have rounded corbels below parapets. On left return a blocked, low, narrow C14 doorway with pointed arch and chamfered surround. To rear, similar clock face dated 1864.
Interior: springing of ground-floor vault visible. The turrets have pointed tunnel-vaulted chambers on each floor. Also in turrets three C16 or C17 fireplaces with chamfered surrounds; one has a lintel, with keystone. Many mason's marks. C14 doorways into turret rooms have pointed arches and chamfered surrounds.
Listing NGR: NU1837125432
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