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Description: | The exact date of the octagonal brick tower is unknown. Architecturally it suggests a date between 1470 and 1495.The tower was built for show rather than defence. It is constructed in English Bond. This means that there are alternate stretcher and header courses. Each window has stone dressings and each floor is denoted by a bold stone sting course. It is also decorated with moulded bricks just below the parapet and on the chimneys. The cross shaped openings again are purely decorative to reflect the impression of a castle.The windows are virtually unaltered expect on the ground floor where one window has been partly filled in so that only the quatrefoil feature survives.If you look at the windows the higher up the larger and more decorative the windows get. Suggesting that the people who occupied the rooms rose in importance. Today the view from the top, gives a wonderful view over the Trent valley. | Subjects: | Country Estates | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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