Watch Tower

Chamber Rating
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Lukasz Ryszka
Sep 17th, 2019 -
Colin Cooper
May 25th, 2019 -
Adam Stephenson
Jan 18th, 2019 -
Matthew Culley
Oct 28th, 2017 -
Morten Poulsen
Oct 21st, 2017
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Questions & Answers
Q Where is Watch Tower located?
A Watch Tower is located at Tower St, Roosecote Ward, eng LA13 0QH
Q How is Watch Tower rated?
A Watch Tower has a 3.6 Star Rating from 7 reviewers.
Ratings and Reviews
Watch Tower
Overall Rating
Overall Rating
( 7 Reviews )
Lukasz Ryszka on Google
Interesting place, and very good for practice photography technique, or architecture and history. This place presents very well at sunrise and sunset. It easily accessible from main road of the Roa Island, few walking steps from the main bus stop.
The building is listed at English Heritage as a Watchtower, this building was originally the Customs House for Roa Island and dates, built in 1847.
It has a central archway with 2-storey, 1-bay boathouse wing on left and small square tower on right. It has had various uses including being a chapel for a while, the "Roa Island Mission". It is now described as a workshop.
Customs house now workshop. Pebbles laid in chevrons, red sandstone dressings; graduated slate roof. Central archway with 2-storey, 1-bay boathouse wing on left and small square tower on right. Quoins, chamfered plinth. Archway: 2-centred, double-chamfered and with keystone; 2 patterned shields below corbel table supporting 3 merlons. Boathouse set forward on left has doorway with deeply-chamfered, quoined surround and square-sectioned hoodmould; above is a 2-light chamfered, mullioned window having latticed iron casements. Stair turret on left with slit windows. Shield beneath corbel table to incomplete embattlements; corner turret to right. Tower on right of arch has lancet window and door in left return. Rear: blocked pointed arch to boathouse; 2-light window over as front.

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Morten Poulsen on Google