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Latitude: 53.3068 / 53°18'24"N
Longitude: -2.3725 / 2°22'21"W
OS Eastings: 375272
OS Northings: 378934
OS Grid: SJ752789
Mapcode National: GBR CZW6.4B
Mapcode Global: WH997.J4FS
Plus Code: 9C5V8J4G+PX
Entry Name: Tower House
Listing Date: 12 October 1971
Last Amended: 27 May 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1388329
English Heritage Legacy ID: 476337
ID on this website: 101388329
Location: Knutsford, Cheshire East, Cheshire, WA16
County: Cheshire East
Civil Parish: Knutsford
Built-Up Area: Knutsford
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Knutsford St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: House
KNUTSFORD
SJ7478 DRURY LANE
792-1/3/18 (South side)
12/10/71 No.9
Tower House
(Formerly Listed as:
DRURY LANE
Nos.4-13 (Consecutive)
Old Laundry (formerly listed as
workshop between 8 & 9). Water Tower
& Chimney)
GV II
Tower house, possibly not originally intended for domestic
use. c1900. By Richard Harding Watt. Painted brick, with some
projecting brick blocks. Flat roof. 5-storeyed, square in
plan. Austere style, with small square windows set deep into
the wall. Arched entrance in wall adjoining to the right with
flamboyant wrought-iron hinges. Tower now terminates in plain
parapet, but was formerly surmounted by a wooden gallery and
pinnacle in the style of a minaret.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: the tower formed part of a complex including laundry
and workers' cottages, established by Watt on the site of a
tannery.
Part of a remarkable development in Free Style built under the
patronage of Richard Harding Watt.
Listing NGR: SJ7527278934
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