Sallyport Tower
Introduction
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Sallyport Tower
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 24 Jan 2010
Walknoll, Sallyport or (Ships) Carpenters' Tower was originally a tower on the C14 Town Wall which had been realigned to include the district of Pandon. It was constructed around 1307 at a point on a small hill where the wall changed direction and was rectangular rather than the usual D-shape of the other wall towers. In 1716 the Shipwrights' Company enlarged the tower, and built a hall on the first floor with access by stairs at the East end. The Company retained it until the mid-C19 after which it had a number of uses and was rescued from dereliction and possibly demolition in the 1960s. It is a Grade I, Listed Building. Tyne and Wear HER (1562): Newcastle town wall, Wallknoll or Sallyport Tower http://www.twsitelines.info
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Image Location
Latitude
54.971232
Longitude
-1.603663