Charborough Tower
Charborough Tower is a building in Lytchett Matravers, Purbeck District, England. Charborough Tower is situated nearby to the forest High Wood, as well as near the manor estate Charborough House.Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Charborough House and St Mary the Virgin.
Charborough House
Manor estate
Photo: Wulfrunian1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Charborough House, also known as Charborough Park, is a Grade I listed building, the manor house of the ancient manor of Charborough. The house is between the villages of Sturminster Marshall and Bere Regis in Dorset, England. Charborough House is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Charborough Tower.
St Mary the Virgin
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Lytchett Matravers in Dorset. Its parish is part of the Diocese of Salisbury. The building is Grade I listed. St Mary the Virgin is situated 1 mile southeast of Charborough Tower.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Mary is a Grade I listed church in Almer, Dorset, England. It became a listed building on 18 March 1955. According to The King's England: Dorset by Arthur Mee, "the embattled tower is 15th Century, and has a fine arch. Church of St Mary is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Charborough Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almer and Winterborne Tomson.
Almer
Hamlet
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Almer is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sturminster Marshall, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.
Winterborne Tomson
Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winterborne Tomson is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Anderson, in the Dorset, district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Winterborne Tomson is situated 2½ miles west of Charborough Tower.
Spetisbury
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spetisbury is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour and the A350, four miles southeast of Blandford Forum. According to the Domesday Book of 1086, the village had 30 households. Spetisbury is situated 3 miles north of Charborough Tower.
Charborough Tower
- Type: Building
- Description: tower in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, England, UK
- Categories: tower and historic site
- Location: Lytchett Matravers, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.77752° or 50° 46′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.10176° or 2° 6′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C2VQVHX+27OpenStreetMap ID
way 555103471OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=follyWikidata ID
Q17540688
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