Newcastle town wall, Pink Tower

Until its removal in 1852, and because it had never been occupied by a company, it was, so G B Richardson tells us, 'the most complete example of the single-chambered towers extant', though it 'had been slightly but unnecessarily encroached upon for the formation of Clayton Street…'. Surviving illustrations show that it possessed all the features typical of the semi-circular towers, including the stepped corbels for the external bretasche. Mackenzie reported that the ground floor was 'used for the convenience of the adjoining inhabitants'. Holmes erroneously declared that, at the time of demolition, it had an upper storey, but he had confused it with Gunner Tower. Apparently it was let in 1770 to Thomas Blackett, a Newcastle merchant, for use as a brewhouse. It stood at the junction of Pink Lane with Clayton Street West and resembled Durham Tower. Dated C13th.