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Latitude: 53.9829 / 53°58'58"N
Longitude: -1.5623 / 1°33'44"W
OS Eastings: 428802
OS Northings: 454183
OS Grid: SE288541
Mapcode National: GBR KQJC.KZ
Mapcode Global: WHC8L.Z47Z
Plus Code: 9C5WXCMQ+53
Entry Name: Harlow Hill Tower (Observatory)
Listing Date: 18 July 1949
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1294030
English Heritage Legacy ID: 329901
ID on this website: 101294030
Location: Harlow Hill, North Yorkshire, HG2
County: North Yorkshire
District: Harrogate
Electoral Ward/Division: Harlow Moor
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Harrogate
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Beckwithshaw St Michael and All Angels
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Tower
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5338 OTLEY ROAD
HARLOW HILL
Harlow Hill Tower
(Observatory )
SE 2854 24/13 18.7.49
II
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Circa 1829 built bu John Thompson as a 90 ft high viewpoint embracing "three
cathedrals, seven battlefields, seventeen castles, twenty-three abbeys,twenty
market towns, over seventy gentleman's seats and nearly two hundred churches"
(Hargrave). Plain square tower of hammer dressed ashlar. Modern domed observatory
roof and upper storey with plain coping. Irregularly placed loops. 2 storey
entrance extension on east side with tiled roof and 1st floor doorway approached
by steps.
Listing NGR: SE2880254183
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