Historic Buildings on the Isle of Wight
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Appley Tower is a Victorian mock castle tower on the esplanade overlooking the beach at Ryde. The tower is in private hands, but visitors can mount to the top for excellent views across the Solent.
World Tree Shore Bee and Wyrdstone Workings, Appley Park Ryde,
Isle of Wight,
England, PO33 1QX
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One of the finest Tudor and Jacobean manor houses in the country, Arreton was once a royal manor owned by Alfred the Great, and later, by Edward the Confessor. Charles I stayed here in a secret room before his eventual capture and execution. The house is surrounded by beautiful landscaped gardens, including a Tudor knot garden.
Main Road,
Arreton,
Isle of Wight,
England, PO30 3AA
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A Victorian fort atop Bembridge Down, built to guard against a French invasion. The fort has impressive defences, including a dry moat with caponiers jutting out into it, overlooked by salient points with gun emplacements. Access is by guided tour.
Culver Down Road, Bembridge Down Bembridge,
Isle of Wight,
England, PO36 8QY
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Heritage Highlight: 19th-century two-storey caponiers
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The only surviving windmill on the Isle of Wight, and one of the island's icons. The windmill was built around the year 1700 and still has all its original mechanical workings. Numerous artists have painted Bembridge Windmill; the most famous being JMW Turner.
High Street/Mill Road,
Bembridge,
Isle of Wight,
England, PO35 5SQ
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Needles Old Battery is a Victorian gun battery built in a staggeringly beautiful location at the very westerly point of the Isle of Wight. The original cannons set up against the threat of French invasion are still on display. A tunnel leads right through the cliff to a viewpoint over The Needles and its famous striped lighthouse.
West High Down,
Alum Bay,
Isle of Wight,
England, PO39 0JH
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A 17th-century town hall with no town! Newtown was once the capital of the Isle of Wight, and the hall was built to reflect the town's status. Newtown lost its importance, and the town dwindled to a peaceful village, but the brick hall survives as a reminder of Newtown's past.
Newtown,
Isle of Wight,
England, PO30 4PA
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A peculiar 13th-century monument, somewhat resembling a modern rocket, standing atop a high hill above Blackgang, on the south-west coast of the Isle of Wight.
A3055,
Chale,
Isle of Wight,
England
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