Chesterton Tower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Chesterton Tower by John Sutton as part of the Geograph project.
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Chesterton Tower
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 22 Apr 2019
The Grade I listing reads: “Mid C14 rectangular building; 2 storeys; stone, some brick; hip-gabled tile roof; with lower storey vaulted in 2 bays with hollow chamfered ribs and carved bosses; some original windows; old fireplace etc; severe restoration in 1949 when the old dressed clunch was replaced with Ketton stone. The roof is modern but with some re-used timbers. The building belonged probably to the procurator of the abbot of Vercelli and is a rare example of the home of a foreign appropriator (RCHM 305).” Nikolaus Pevsner thought it “Only a fragment of a larger building”.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.216995
Longitude
0.139948