Hampsfell Tower
| Hampsfell Tower | |
|
Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 The Longlands Tower | |
| Type: | Folly tower |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD39337967 |
| Location: | 54°12’33"N, 2°55’54"W |
| Village: | Longlands |
| History | |
| Built 1835-54 | |
| For: | Rev T. Remington |
| Folly tower | |
| Information | |
The Hampsfell Tower otherwise known as the Longlands Tower is a folly tower on the western slope of Hampsfell (720 feet), a hill between Cartmel Village and Grange-over-Sands, all on the Cartmel Peninsula of Lancashire. It overlooks Longlands hamlet and Cartmel.
The tower was built between 1835 and 54 for the Rev T Remington, apparently as no more than an ornament. It is built in dressed limestone. It has two storeys, a square plan, a band, and a projecting embattled parapet. The windows in the ground floor have flat tops, and in the upper floor they are pointed. It is a Grade II listed building.[1] The ground floor has window openings, partially blocked, to north and south, and an entrance to the west: the east face is built into slope of the hill ground.
The tower is now derelict, with its roof and floor missing.
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1087214: Hampsfell Tower