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Broadway Tower - Worcestershire

Broadway Tower - Worcestershire

A Capability Brown Folly Tower built in 1798 on the second highest point on the Cotswold escarpment -1024 feet.The "Saxon" tower was designed by James Wyatt in 1794 to resemble a mock castle .Legend has it that its purpose was that of a signalling tower between the Springhill Estate of the 6th Earl of Coventry and the Earl's family estate at Croome Court near Worcester .

 

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Uploaded on December 24, 2010
Taken on January 24, 2007