14 Replies to “Wordless Wednesday: Tower With A View”
[J+D] Well that’s given us a welcome boost of sunshine and greenery! Thanks, Susan!
There are just enough clouds in the sky to be sure it’s England.
I was going to ask where this extraordinary building is, but I see from the tags I must have seen the real thing. That’s a pretty blue sky for Lancashire!
It looks completely different from the other side – like a Cape Canaveral rocket launcher from the stone age, complete with space ship and a staircase of steps leading up to it.
Magnificent! What a gorgeous structure. It looks boarded-up; what a shame.
It was part of an estate with extensive hillside garden built by a wealthy industrialist on Lancashire moorland. The nearby mansion (the cottage) burnt down a few years after Pigeon Tower was built. Edith Rigby, a suffragette and early member of the Independent Labour Party claimed responsibility but was never prosecuted, according to the Bolton News. The replacement mansion (the bungalow) was commissioned during the war and the estate had fallen into disrepair by the time the war ended.
I love the way architectural history can’t be separated from social history. This is fascinating. Thanks Susan. 🙂
I remember seeing this, which is quite remarkable given my memory these days. Great photo.
Thanks Tony. I bet you remember the climb up to it as well!
It sure puts the suburban townhouses around here to shame!
This is pretty much the opposite, towering over an extensive, overgrown hillside garden, with ruined follies, arches and water features including an artificial ravine. The National Lottery have recently awarded it a grant to help make the many paths and steps safer for ramblers and mountain bikers who visit it. You’ll be glad to hear the garden will remain wild – it would be too expensive to tame it.
Will imagine how nice it would be to sit tucked up on the very top floor enjoying that view!
The view is wonderfully serene on a summer’s day and though it might be windswept in the winter, it’s sturdy enough.
What a superb view .. And that tower is pretty special too 😃
Susan Rushton 
[J+D] Well that’s given us a welcome boost of sunshine and greenery! Thanks, Susan!
There are just enough clouds in the sky to be sure it’s England.
I was going to ask where this extraordinary building is, but I see from the tags I must have seen the real thing. That’s a pretty blue sky for Lancashire!
It looks completely different from the other side – like a Cape Canaveral rocket launcher from the stone age, complete with space ship and a staircase of steps leading up to it.
Magnificent! What a gorgeous structure. It looks boarded-up; what a shame.
It was part of an estate with extensive hillside garden built by a wealthy industrialist on Lancashire moorland. The nearby mansion (the cottage) burnt down a few years after Pigeon Tower was built. Edith Rigby, a suffragette and early member of the Independent Labour Party claimed responsibility but was never prosecuted, according to the Bolton News. The replacement mansion (the bungalow) was commissioned during the war and the estate had fallen into disrepair by the time the war ended.
I love the way architectural history can’t be separated from social history. This is fascinating. Thanks Susan. 🙂
I remember seeing this, which is quite remarkable given my memory these days. Great photo.
Thanks Tony. I bet you remember the climb up to it as well!
It sure puts the suburban townhouses around here to shame!
This is pretty much the opposite, towering over an extensive, overgrown hillside garden, with ruined follies, arches and water features including an artificial ravine. The National Lottery have recently awarded it a grant to help make the many paths and steps safer for ramblers and mountain bikers who visit it. You’ll be glad to hear the garden will remain wild – it would be too expensive to tame it.
Will imagine how nice it would be to sit tucked up on the very top floor enjoying that view!
The view is wonderfully serene on a summer’s day and though it might be windswept in the winter, it’s sturdy enough.
What a superb view .. And that tower is pretty special too 😃