Bridgeness Tower

Maker
Robert Gibson
Production date
1978
 Description
View of tower, four storeys in height, with castellated top and slimmer tower attached. It is in a derelict state with the bottom window bricked up and others lying
open.
Text on original print - "Outlook tower, Bridgeness" 36/014815..
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Department
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Maker
Production date
1978
Subject place
Bridgeness Tower/Harbour Rd/Bridgeness/Bo'ness area
Subject notes
Bridgeness Tower was built as a windmill in 1750 by the Cadells, to grind the corn from Grange farm. A circular stair-tower was attached later and it was converted to a house for a shipmaster and his wife. It was also used as an observatory.

It was harled, with brick parapets added in 1895 by Hippolyte Blanc when it was converted into a flat for H M Cadell. A further conversion was undertaken in 1988 by W A Cadell Architects as part of the development of a group of two-storey houses.
Accession number
P04256

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