More information : The tower at Newton with its large diagonal buttresses appears to have been built in the 14th cent. The masonry is good ashlar work, in courses which average 12" in thickness. On the north and west sides the walls exist to a height of 6 to 8 feet. The basement chamber is 31' in length enclosed by a wall 9 to 10 feet thick. The entrance has been on the east or south side.
In the enclosed area is a chamfered jamb stone and near it is what appears to have been a step, possibly the remains of a mural staircase arranged in the east wall. The NW diagonal buttress has been occupied by a garderobe; the lower part of the shaft still remains. A draw well, said to be 30 feet deep, is in the centre of the floor. (1)
Tower at NEWTON HALL, Scheduled Ancient Monument. (2)
NZ 04076514 Remains of a tower, 10m x 15m overall, standing to a maximum height of 2m on the north side. The foundations of the east wall can be traced. The site is upon a slight SE slope, adjacent to farm buildings, in the wooded ornamental grounds of Newton Hall. (3)
Condition unchanged. (4)
When the Hunday Tractor Museum was being constructed out of Newton Hall's stables in 1979-80, the tower was used to provide stone in the village, and its site is now occupied by the Museum entrance and shop. The museum is now closed. (5) |