Broadway Tower is an 18th-century folly near the village of Broadway, in the English county of Worcestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
The tower is built of limestone ashlar and is four storeys high, hexagonal, with three round corner turrets,[a] battlements and gargoyles.[1] It stands above the village of Broadway on Broadway Hill, the second-highest point of the Cotswolds, at an elevation of 1,024 feet (312 m).[2][3] The tower itself is 65 feet (20 m) tall.[3] Although a folly, it is a functional building with interior rooms, the top three floors being used as a museum. The rooftop viewing platform can be accessed for good views.[4] Two of the turrets each contain a spiral staircase leading from the ground to the roof.
The tower is on the Cotswold Way, and can be reached by following this footpath from the A44 road at Fish Hill, or by a steep climb out of Broadway village. It is now the centre of Broadway Tower Country Park, which has exhibitions open to the public for a fee, as well as a gift shop and restaurant.[4]
- ^ a b "Broadway Tower". Historic England. Retrieved 9 September 2024. It refers to Cormell Price as "Camel Price, an Oxford tutor".
- ^ "Broadway Tower & Park". Broadway Tower. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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