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| tower, Hermitage Hill | ||
| site name:- | Great Head House (?) | |
| locality:- | Hermitage Hill | |
| civil parish:- | Ulverston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tower | |
| locality type:- | folly (?) | |
| coordinates:- | SD30127609 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3076 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD37 | |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "TOWER ON HERMITAGE HILL AT SD 3301 4761 / / PRIORY ROAD / ULVERSTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 460004 / SD3011876097" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Summerhouse. Early C19, restored 1980s. Rubble, covered with cement slurry. Roof not visible. Octagonal plan. 2 storeys, with storey band and with corbel table below parapet. A corbelled turret projects at parapet level on the south side. The joinery is late C20 stained hardwood. On the ground floor there are 3 openings with plain reveals and pointed arches, now with glazed doors. A 4th opening is blocked. On the 1st floor there are 4 windows with plain reveals and segmental heads. Below the turret there is a narrow blind recess." |
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