Booker's Tower

Booker's Tower
TypeTower
LocationThe Mount, Guildford
Coordinates51°13′48″N 0°34′52″W / 51.230°N 0.581°W / 51.230; -0.581
OS grid referenceSU 99141 48839
AreaSurrey
Built1839
Architectural style(s)Gothic
OwnerGuildford Borough Council
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBookers Tower Guildford
Designated15 March 1988
Reference no.1188100
Booker's Tower is located in Surrey
Booker's Tower
Location of Booker's Tower in Surrey

Bookers Tower (also Booker's Tower) is a Grade II-listed four-storey octagonal tower built in the 19th century, in the Gothic style.[1] It is in Guildford, Surrey, to the west of the town centre on Beech Lane. It is adjacent to the Mount Cemetery, the resting place of Lewis Carroll.[2][3]

  1. ^ Historic England (15 March 1988). "Bookers Tower Guildford (Grade II) (1188100)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. ^ Outhwaite, Jenna (13 November 2022). "Heartbreaking story behind Guildford tower where experiments took place". Surrey Live. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. ^ Field, Marion (2022). The story of Guildford (2nd ed.). Andover: Phillimore. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-75-099899-4.