Description

SP 13 NW BROADWAY CP BUCKLE STREET (off)
Broadway Tower
5/8
30.7.59
II
Folly. 1798 by James Wyatt for Lord Coventry. Limestone ashlar. Has three
round corner turrets linked by two-bay canted sides. Four storeys, with
battered lower storey. Embattled parapets: the turrets rise above the side
walls. The turrets have narrow round-headed lights with stone surrounds.
The first and second floor windows have round heads. On the third floor
are round openings. Second floor windows have balconies with intersecting
arches. Doorway, on south side, has round head. Between 1822 and 1862 the
tower was used by Sir Thomas Phillips to house his private printing press.
It was subsequently leased by Camel Price, an Oxford tutor. Among the people
who stayed at the Tower were Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris.

Listing NGR: SP1136736213

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Broadway Tower at Wikipedia
• Broadway Tower official website
• Wikidata Q208234

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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