Description

NY 3259 BURGH BY SANDS Burgh by Sands

13/37
Tower to north-west
of Fulwood House

II

Probably watch tower. Late C18. English garden wall bond brickwork partly
rendered, roof hidden by battlemented parapet. Small, square 3-storey tower.
Open ground floor chamber has segmental arch with impost blocks and keystone.
External stone steps to side entrance at first floor level: similar plank door
on opposite side, has painted letters GHQ, thought to date from its use by the
Home Guard in World War II. First floor sash windows with glazing bars in
shallow segmental brick arches, on north and south faces. Diamond-paned iron
casements above. Ground floor interior has small square angle niches. Thought
to have been used by excise officers to watch for smugglers bringing contraband
through the Solway from the Isle of Man. See Transactions Cumberland &
Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, new series, liii, pp216-7,
illustrating a similar tower at Drumburgh House. Derelict and unoccupied at time
of survey.

Listing NGR: NY3241959151

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26379925

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