Navigation Tower

Navigation Tower at Walton Hall, Walton-on-the-Naze.

FRINTON AND WALTON OLD HALL LANE,

TM 22 SE

WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE

4/88 Navigation tower at

Walton Hall. ( Formerly

6/50 listed as Walton Hall)

Grade II Listed.

Navigation tower incorporating a dwelling, attached to a derelict house.

Not of special architectural interest. C18. Brick built, mostly plastered.

A tall square building with a flat roof. Chimney stack to west wall.

Probably 3 storeys. 2 windows to upper storey of east wall and single windows

to north and west walls. Limited viewing at time of resurvey as the building is enclosed by barbed wire. The tower was formerly used as a lead light with Naze Tower g,v 4/96 to guide vessels through the Goldmer Gap.

Towers are shown on a map by Richard Blome 1673 and this map was based on maps by Saxon 1576 and

Norden 1594. The Tower Block is clearly visible on the Chapman and Andre map

of 1777.

Listing NGR: TM2626023646

britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101165806-navigation-tower-a...

Now has been restored (after 2001) see for old photo of the tower.

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165806

Tone Mapped with NIK Collection Color EFEX pro 4 in Photoshop, corrected with Lightroom.

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