Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHussey Tower

Hussey Tower

England
List entry 1016692
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016692
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
TF 33085 43632
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hussey Tower is a brick-built tower of sixteenth-century date located in Lincolnshire. The tower survives as a substantial example of domestic military architecture from the Tudor period, constructed in an era when defensive structures remained an important element of gentry residences despite changing patterns of warfare. The building demonstrates the characteristic features of its period, with brick masonry construction typical of East Midlands architecture of the sixteenth century. Hussey Tower represents the continuation of tower-house traditions into the early modern period, reflecting both the practical and symbolic concerns of its original builders within a transitional period of English architectural history.

Hussey Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016692. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hussey Tower?

Hussey Tower is a brick-built tower of sixteenth-century date located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016692.

Who is responsible for protecting Hussey Tower?

Hussey Tower is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016692.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hussey Tower?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 480m north east of Wyberton West Hospital (1.2 km), Rochford Tower (2.2 km), Wybert's Castle medieval moated site (2.6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hussey Tower

Hussey Tower stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.