England · Ruin
Arnside Tower
Arnside Tower is a late-medieval limestone tower house (pele tower) near Arnside in Cumbria. Built in the second half of the 15th century, it originally stood as a five-storey tower with an attached wing of equal height; today it survives as a ruin and is a Scheduled Monument and Grade II* listed building.
Its prime
1500
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1500
The shape it held in its prime.
A rectangular five-storey limestone tower house with an attached wing of equal height, built of rough grey limestone rubble; walls rise vertically with regular rows of small rectangular and slit openings, the tower measuring roughly 50 by 34 feet in plan. In its prime the full-height walls stood unbroken to their original storeys, window openings aligned in tiers, the two-block composition (tower plus side-wing) forming a compact, blocky silhouette on a low grassy knoll surrounded by scattered rocks and scrub.
Its story
The story of Arnside Tower.
Arnside Tower is a late-medieval tower house, or pele tower, between Arnside and Silverdale, immediately south of Arnside Knott in Cumbria. Built of limestone in the second half of the 15th century, it originally stood as a five-storey tower with an attached wing of equal height.
The historian Anthony Emery has suggested its design may have been influenced by that of Ashby de la Zouch Castle, rebuilt in 1464 by Lord Hastings. The tower survives today as a ruin, protected as a Scheduled Monument and a Grade II* listed building.
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4 places to explore in 1500.
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