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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


photograph
BNW58.jpg (taken 6.7.2007)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"TOWER ON HERMITAGE HILL AT SD 3301 4761 / / PRIORY ROAD / ULVERSTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 460004 / SD3011876097"
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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