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Rye, Ypres Tower
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Baddings Tower; Ria; Rya; Ipres
In the civil parish of Rye.
In the historic county of Sussex (Modern Authority of East Sussex, 1974 county of East Sussex).
Originally called Baddings Tower. 1250 approximately A square tower with 4 3/4 round turrets at the angles. Built of stone rubble. Most of the machiolations have disappeared but a small portion remains on the west side. Loop lights with stone dressings in the turrets and south front of main tower. Enlarged windows of the C15 and C16 with segmental heads and double iron grille in the north front of the tower. C16 or Cl7 doorway in the north east tower. Pointed door to basement. This tower sustained some damage from bombs. The main casualty was the pyramidal tiled roof, which was not original. This was temporarily replaced with corrugated iron. The north-west turret was also damaged. Adjoining the Tower on the east is a small portion of the C14 town wall surmounted by the only 2 battlements of the wall which survive.
This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 434231)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ922203
PastScape number;
1395247
- Web site links
- Books
- Jones, R., 2003, 'Hastings to Herstmonceux: the castles of Sussex' in Rudling, D. (ed) The archaeology of Sussex to AD2000 (Great Dunham: Heritage Marketing and Publications) p171-8
Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Sussex (Malvern) p65-7
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p253-4
Drage, C., 1987, 'Urban castles' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report) p126
Guy, John, 1984, Castles in Sussex (Phillimore) p112-7
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p474, lxvii
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1937, VCH Sussex Vol9 p41-2
Vidler, 1934, New History of Rye (Hove) p8, 10 [history only]
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co) (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p90
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p321
Grose, F., 1756, Antiquities of England and Wales Vol5 p162-4
- Journal Articles
- Renn, D.F., 1979, ‘The castles of Rye and Winchelsea' Archaeological Journal Vol136 p193-202
- Guidebooks
- Bagley, Geoffrey S. and Clark, Kenneth M., 1975, The Story of the Ypres Tower and Rye Museum (Rye Museum)
- Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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