Morton's Tower (Lambeth Palace) - Lambeth Palace Road, London, UK
N 51° 29.704 W 000° 07.236
30U E 699869 N 5708812
Morton's Tower is regarded as the main entrance to Lambeth Palace. It is a red brick building located on the east side of Lambeth Palace Road close to the Garden Museum that is in the church of St Mary-at-Lambeth.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/30/2015
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Morton's Tower has five stacks of chimneys: One stack has a single chimney, three stacks have two chimneys and one stack has four chimneys. They are all identical being about four metres in height and made from red brick. The cross-section appears to be octagonal with the central section being narrower than the base and the tops that increase in size over four sections.
The British History website has some information about the chimneys that tells us:
In its general form the brick entrance tower or Morton's Tower retains more than any other part of the Palace its original character both inside and out, though it suffered in detail and aspect in the restoration of 1875. At that time the old chimneys were rebuilt and several new ones added, large bricks instead of small being used. The bonding of the stone window jambs was also falsified, and the brick patterns on the walls to a large extent interfered with. In the 18th century some of the rooms were sheeted with wood and mock panelling and sculpture were painted upon it. The closely approximate date of this tower is determined by particulars in Morton's Register of a suit between the cardinal archbishop and the Dean and chapter of Winchester wherein evidence is given relating to documents referred to as being kept in the new tower quae jam construitur. The date is 1495, and it appears evident that although not completed the roof must have been on at this date.