Description

TM 22 SE
4/88
6/50

FRINTON AND WALTON
OLD HALL LANE,
WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE
Navigation tower at Walton Hall. (Formerly listed as Walton Hall)

II

Navagation tower incorporating a dwelling, attached to a derelict house.
Not of special architectural interest. C18. Brick built, mostly plastered.
A tall square building with a flat roof. Chimney stack to west wall.
Probably 3 storeys. 2 windows to upper storey of east wall and single windows
to north and west walls. Limited viewing at time of resurvey as the buildig is
enclosed by barbed wire. The tower was formerly used as a lead light with
Naze Tower g,v 4/96 to guide vessels through the Goldmer Gap. Towers are shown
on a map by Richard Blome 1673 and this map was based on maps by Saxon 1576 and
Norden 1594. The Tower Block is clearly visible on the Chapman and Andre map
of 1777.

Listing NGR: TM2626023638

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459289

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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