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Latitude: 51.3242 / 51°19'27"N
Longitude: -2.8806 / 2°52'49"W
OS Eastings: 338738
OS Northings: 158716
OS Grid: ST387587
Mapcode National: GBR JB.WXV3
Mapcode Global: VH7CM.1Z07
Plus Code: 9C3V84F9+MQ
Entry Name: Banwell Monument
Listing Date: 17 January 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1320657
English Heritage Legacy ID: 33344
ID on this website: 101320657
Location: Whitley Head, North Somerset, BS29
County: North Somerset
Civil Parish: Banwell
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Monument
ST 35 NE BANWELL BANWELL HILL
4/6 Banwell Monument
G.V. II
Monumental tower. Early/mid C19. Coursed rubble, freestone dressings.
3 stage octagonal tower, quoins where faces meet; each stage slightly set back
above a moulded and twice weathered string, cornice missing from top stage;
surmounted by an octagonal ashlar lantern with decorated cornice; only north and
south faces have openings; to north each stage has a stilted arch window under a
plain dripmould; louvres and decorative panels remain only in the top stage on
this face; north side of lantern has collapsed; to south, similar windows at
first and second stages and similar opening to lantern; at ground level is a
door with a Tudor arched plain surround under a dripmould. One of an extensive
set of picturesque estate features erected by the antiquarian Bishop Law of
Bath and Wells on his Banwell estate.
Listing NGR: ST3873858716
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