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Hicks Tower — Coast Road

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Hicks Tower — Coast Road
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Former Martello tower, built c. 1805, remodelled c.1911 as Arts and Crafts style detached house. Designed by architect Frederick Hicks. Two storeys to main tower block with two storeys to attic accommodation. Return and stair block attached to rear.ROOF: Conical roof to tower and hipped roof to right; red clay tiles; concrete ridge tiles; iron weathervane to tower; roughcast panelled chimney stacks; clay pots; flat-roof to dormer attic windows; cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to porch WALLS: Roughcast; base patter to tower; nap rendered dressings; unpainted; red clay tiles to central bays. OPENINGS: Square-headed openings; stone sills; timber casement windows; glazed projecting porch to centre with glazed timber door.

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