A view of The Turret House, Sheffield Manor
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Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 18 Feb 2020
Seen between houses on Southend Road. In the nineteenth century the idea was put forward that The Turret House was built as a prison for Mary Queen of Scots, but its location on the garden boundary wall adjacent to the entrance gate would make such a purpose unlikely. The building's architecture and ornate internal plaster-work have been discussed in detail in various publications. A building account in the notebooks of William Dickinson dated to 1574 may refer to its construction. Mary was detained at Sheffield Manor between 1570 and 1584.