Wartime watchtower with gun turret converted into seven storey home for sale for £500k
- 5 months ago
A 70ft high wartime watchtower - complete with a gun turret - which was converted into a seven-storey home is up for sale for £500,000.
The iconic Grade II listed Tynemouth Watchtower, near Newcastle, was built in 1916 as a military lookout post.
Gun turrets were added and the watchtower was called into action again in 1939 to protect the North East coast from a feared Nazi naval invasion.
Owned originally by the War Office, the 70ft tower is one of the tallest of its kind and was extensively used during World War Two.
The iconic Grade II listed Tynemouth Watchtower, near Newcastle, was built in 1916 as a military lookout post.
Gun turrets were added and the watchtower was called into action again in 1939 to protect the North East coast from a feared Nazi naval invasion.
Owned originally by the War Office, the 70ft tower is one of the tallest of its kind and was extensively used during World War Two.