Tower In Garden Of Hound Hill House / Tower And Roadside Wall To West Of Houndhill Farmhouse

Date:
1 Oct 2004
Location:
Tower In Garden Of Hound Hill House, Hound Hill Lane, Worsbrough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 6TU
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Tower And Roadside Wall To West Of Houndhill Farmhouse, Hound Hill Lane, Worsbrough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 6TU
Reference:
IOE01/13382/22
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

WORSBROUGH HOUND HILL LANE SE30SW (south side)

1/80 Tower and roadside wall to west of Houndhill 11.11.66 farmhouse (part of item formerly listed as Tower in garden of Hound Hill house) GV II Boundary wall with tower. c1640-44 for Richard Elmhirst. Rubble sandstone.

Wall surmounting roadside bank with circular stone tower at north end. Wall has triangular copings which rise over a blocked quoined doorway. Tower has doorway facing Houndhill farmhouse (q.v.) with chamfered quoins and curved lintel.

4 small openings beneath coped parapet.

Interior of tower: narrow stone steps to raised platform behind parapet. Civil war fortification to protect Royalist garrison at Houndhill.

Listing NGR: SE3368904116

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1088 IOE Records taken by Barry Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Barry Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Jackson, Barry

Rights Holder: Jackson, Barry

Keywords

Rubble, Sandstone, Stone, Stuart Tower, Unassigned, Building, Boundary Wall, Monument (By Form), Wall, Barrier, Boundary, Fortification, Defence