Cresswell, Pele Tower c.1955
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Looking out over Druridge Bay, the rectangular three-storey tower of the late 14th to early 15th centuries takes its name from the Cresswell family. The ground floor is barrel-vaulted and the entrance is on the north side at first floor level, both typical defensive measures in tower houses on both sides of the Border. The embattled parapet is an 18th-century addition belonging to the time when a new house was built onto the north side. The house was later demolished, and all that remains is the pedimented doorway on the right of the picture. This now forms part of a field wall.
An extract from Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories.
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