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Mistley Towers is a pair of late eighteenth-century towers forming the surviving remnants of St Michael's Church in Mistley, Essex. Constructed in 1776-1779 to designs attributed to the architect Robert Adam, the towers represent a distinctive exercise in neoclassical church architecture commissioned by the local patron Richard Rigby. The octagonal towers, built in brick and stone with decorative urns crowning their summits, originally flanked the main body of a classical church which was subsequently demolished in the nineteenth century. These Grade I listed structures remain a notable example of Adam's work and preserve an important fragment of late Georgian ecclesiastical design in Essex.
Mistley Towers is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002154. View the official record →
Mistley Towers is a pair of late eighteenth-century towers forming the surviving remnants of St Michael's Church in Mistley, Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002154.
Mistley Towers 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 1002154.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Old St Mary's Church (1.6 km), Neolithic enclosure 510m north-east of Lawford House (2.9 km), Ring ditches SW of Reed Island (3.1 km).
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