"Gothic" Tower
"Gothic" Tower
HER Number
17848
District
Gateshead
Site Name
"Gothic" Tower
Place
Whickham
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Description
This site was added to the Gateshead local list in 2023. The local list description reads:
'Eighteenth-century folly tower, formerly in the garden of The Rectory, probably dating from Dr Adam Askew's ownership of the Rectory.'
'Eighteenth-century folly tower, formerly in the garden of The Rectory, probably dating from Dr Adam Askew's ownership of the Rectory.'
Easting
420911
Northing
561340
Grid Reference
NZ420911561340