Kirtling Tower
Historic England
Kirtling Tower is the 16th-century Grade I listedStructure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection. gatehouse to Kirtling Hall, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, which was situated within the moated site of a Saxon castle owned by King Harold.[1] The moated sites, earthworks, and ponds at Kirtling Tower are separately listed as Scheduled Monuments.[2]
Kirtling Hall was demolished in 1801; the gatehouse is all that remains. It was built for Lord North in about 1530, and rebuilt in about 1872.[1] Its main feature is the central brick-built three-storey tower, which has four octagonal turrets and a two-storey Italianate oriel windowGlazed polygonal recess built out from the upper storey of a building.. The gatehouse was converted into a residence during the 1830s, when it was renamed Kirtling Tower, and an extension was added in 1872.[1][3]