Lund's Tower is a stone-built

folly In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings. Eighteenth-cent ...

situated to the south-west of the

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village of Sutton-in-Craven. It is also known as Cowling Pinnacle, Sutton Pinnacle, the Ethel Tower, the Jubilee Tower or, in conjunction with the nearby

Wainman's Pinnacle Wainman's Pinnacle, originally built as a folly (and still used as a folly), is a stone obelisk in Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire. It tends to be referred to as ‘Cowling Pinnacle’ or 'The Salt Pot' and could also be seen as being a part o ...

, the pair are referred to as the Salt and Pepper Pots. It is listed in the

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at Grade II.

History

James Lund (1829–1903) commissioned the

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architectural firm of R. B. Broster & Sons to design the tower, which was built in 1887. Different reasons have been given for why Lund wanted the folly built: local residents refer to it as the Ethel Tower, believing it was constructed either to celebrate the birth of Lund's daughter Ethel – or her 21st birthday; others refer to it as the Jubilee Tower, believing it commemorated the 1887 jubilee of

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. It is also known as Sutton Pinnacle. Lund was the son of William Lund, the owner of William Lund & Son, a large textile manufacturing business. In 1852, James Lund married Mary Sarah Spencer, the daughter of William Spencer, a wealthy landowner. The construction of Lund Mausoleum in Utley Cemetery, Keighley was also commissioned by Lund in 1895. Malsis Hall at

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and Ellerton Hall beside

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were also owned by Lund. A new Malsis Hall was built by him in 1862 and became

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in 1920. When Lund died in January 1903, his estate totalled £606,679, equivalent to about £62,468,366 as of 2012. Set on the top of Earl Crag, Lund's Tower is in the same vicinity as

, which is also Grade II listed but constructed in 1898 to commemorate the

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. The pair of monuments are known locally as the Salt and Pepper Pots. The tower received Grade II listing in the

in October 1984 under the designation number 1131781.

Architecture

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battlements adorn the eleven-metre tall tower, which is constructed from squared-dressed stone. It has a plinth and an unreadable plaque. The interior has a stone built spiral staircase of thirty-nine steps. There is also a viewing platform.

Gallery

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References

Notes Citations Bibliography * {{coord, 53.88378, -2.01333, format=dms, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Folly towers in England Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire Towers completed in 1887 Craven District