Lindeth Tower is a
Victorian folly in
Silverdale, Lancashire
Silverdale is a village and civil parish within the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. The village stands on Morecambe Bay, near the border with Cumbria, north west of Carnforth and of Lancaster. The parish had a population ...
, England. It is an embattled square tower of three storeys. It was built in 1842 by the Preston banker Hesketh Fleetwood.
Elizabeth Gaskell stayed in the tower in the 1840s and 1850s and her novel
''Ruth'' was written there. Lindeth Tower is a Grade II
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.
See also
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Listed buildings in Silverdale, Lancashire
Silverdale, Lancashire, Silverdale is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in City of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It contains 20 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildi ...
References
{{City of Lancaster buildings
Buildings and structures in the City of Lancaster
Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
Folly towers in England
Towers completed in 1842
Silverdale, Lancashire