List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: BRAYSTONES TOWER
List Entry Number: 1145927
Location
BRAYSTONES TOWER
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Cumberland
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Lowside Quarter
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 10-Jan-1991
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System: LBS
UID: 351971
Asset Groupings
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
The following building shall be added:-
NY 00 NW LOWSIDE QUARTER BRAYSTONES TOWER
11/1 II
Memorial tower. Erected 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee;
became a First World War memorial in addtion, 1920. Snecked sandstone rubble with
roughly dressed quoins and tooled dressings. Tower (formerly floored, now gutted)
3 stages with battlemented parapet (slightly corbelled) and corner turret. Doorway
and windows (one to each floor to each elevation) under dropped labels. Original
commemorative tablet records the names of local worthies present at its unveiling
(June 1897); another tablet records the names of those men of Braystone who served
in the Great War. Braystone Tower is a prominent landmark from both the countryside
around and the sea.
Listing NGR: NY0084205988
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 2 February 2017.
Selected Sources
WebsitesWar Memorials Online, accessed 2 February 2017 from
https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/168324War Memorials Register, accessed 2 February 2017 from
http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/67140
Map
National Grid Reference: NY 00842 05988
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