Arnside Tower
Arnside Tower is a late medieval residential tower (also Peel Tower ) between Arnside and Silverdale , directly south of the Arnside Knott in the English county of Cumbria .
history
The Arnside Tower was built in the second half of the 15th century. Apartment towers were often built in the unsafe areas of northern England and southern Scotland . The tower, built from limestone quarries , was originally five stories high and had a footprint of 15 meters by 10.2 meters. At the side of the tower was a building wing of the same height, as was customary in Scotland, but is rare in England. Historian Anthony Emery suggests that the construction may have been influenced by Ashby de la Zouch Castle , which was rebuilt by Lord Hastings in 1464 .
One of the tower's walls collapsed around 1900, and since 2014 the Arnside Tower has been in very poor condition according to English Heritage , so restoration work is urgently needed. The Arnside Tower is a Scheduled Monument and is a Historic Building II *. Grade listed.
tourism
The residential tower is in private hands and is in a ruinous condition. The local tourist office advises that the tower can be easily seen from a nearby footpath.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Anthony Emery: Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500 . Chapter: Northern England . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996. ISBN 978-0-521-49723-7. P. 183. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ Arnside Tower . Gatehouse Gazetteer. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ Adrian Pettifer: English Castles: a Guide by Counties . Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2002. ISBN 978-0-85115-782-5. P. 265. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ Anthony Emery: Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500 . Chapter: Northern England . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996. ISBN 978-0-521-49723-7. P. 184. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ↑ a b Heritage at Risk Register 2014 North West - p. 36 . English Heritage. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ Arnside - Arnside Tower . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
Coordinates: 54 ° 11 ′ 2.8 ″ N , 2 ° 50 ′ 0.6 ″ W.