The Towers
THE TOWERS, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1130291
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jun-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Towers
- Statutory Address:
- THE TOWERS, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1130291
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jun-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Towers
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE TOWERS, HIGH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE TOWERS, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- Huntingdonshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Buckden
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 19248 67730
Details
BUCKDEN HIGH STREET TL 1867 (EAST SIDE) 5/27 THE TOWERS GV II
Villa built in 1872 (dated plaque) by Col. Sir Robert Edis, architect. Red brick with limestone dressings. Two and three storeys with three projecting gabled ranges with flanking wings. Slate roofs with pierced ridge tiles, side stack and internal stacks with octagonal shafts. Stone capped plinth, cornice, and bands linking window sills. Hung sash windows with relieving arches above stone mullioned and transomed lights. Towered entrance of three stages with pyramidal slate roof and iron finial. Embattled parapet, moulded stone cornice, dated plaque in west wall above cinquefoiled window. Doorway of Ketton stone, four centred, deeply moulded arch, with moulded abacus and shafted jambs. Shield above door, 'Salve' supported by winged dogs. Interior has original C19 details. Pevsner - Buildings of England, p215
Listing NGR: TL1924867730
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 54298
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire, (1954), 215
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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