Historic 3-tiered tower known for its detailed 14th-century wall paintings, with costumed docents.
The tower itself you can only explore the inside of, and it's only two levels, so won't take you a lot of time, but the ground floor wall paintings are worth the visit alone. The volunteers give you a very detailed description into the meaning and history of the walls and their paintings. It's really really impressive to see art from 1320-1340 up close like this.
A great little tower with stunning medieval wall paintings. It might seem small but allow a good amount of time. We spent an hour there and could have taken longer. The wall paintings are very rare and a fascinating insight into medieval life. The volunteer guides are fantastic and add a great deal of information. Overall, it was a fantastic find and worth seeing.
Absolutely fantastic place to go and see rare surviving 13th century wall paintings, and the tower itself. It's tucked away in the middle of houses, so very hard to see and you cant see it from the road, but it's worth the PS6 entrance fee. The tour guide was excellent and a fountain of knowledge, very friendly and positive about the tower and history. Only disappointment was not being allowed up to the roof because its unsafe, and also explained that it overlooks many private houses and gardens. Shame but is what it is. There is 2 short flights of external stairs to gain entrance to the tower, which means there is a lower floor, it was explained that its used for storage and there isn't anything to see in there anyway. There is a toilet on site, very tight fit, but serves it's purpose for able bodied, unfortunately it isn't accessible for wheelchair users, and neither is the tower as the stairs are very slim in width and very steep. Parking is adequate on Woburn close, a short 1 minute walk from the tower. There is s small tray of gifts available to purchase, but no refreshments, bring a bottle of water on hot days it would get very warm in the tower itself. Worth a visit, the tour guides make it worthwhile.
Remarkable place. Wall paintings from the early 1300s are rare, rarer still outside a religious building. V helpful friendly volunteers
What a treasure of a find. Has some of the oldest medieval wall paintings in Europe. We were very lucky to have a lady there to welcome us and bring to life the history of the tower and the explanation of the painting on the walls. The way she talked about the art just showed the love and pride of the history of the tower. She just drew us in. Very interesting place and well worth the visit. Hopefully you will also meet this lady who will emerse you with her passion
I tried to take my 3 kids twice. On the first occasion they were shut when they were advertised as open, and the second time we were turned around at the door and told to come back later. Not very accommodating at all, so I wouldn't bother unless you fit their preferred demographic.
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Getting tickets in advance recommended
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The tower itself you can only explore the inside of, and it's only two levels, so won't take you a lot of time, but the ground floor wall paintings are worth the visit alone. The volunteers give you a very detailed description into the meaning and history of the walls and their paintings. It's really really impressive to see art from 1320-1340 up close like this.
A great little tower with stunning medieval wall paintings. It might seem small but allow a good amount of time. We spent an hour there and could have taken longer. The wall paintings are very rare and a fascinating insight into medieval life. The volunteer guides are fantastic and add a great deal of information. Overall, it was a fantastic find and worth seeing.
Absolutely fantastic place to go and see rare surviving 13th century wall paintings, and the tower itself. It's tucked away in the middle of houses, so very hard to see and you cant see it from the road, but it's worth the PS6 entrance fee. The tour guide was excellent and a fountain of knowledge, very friendly and positive about the tower and history. Only disappointment was not being allowed up to the roof because its unsafe, and also explained that it overlooks many private houses and gardens. Shame but is what it is. There is 2 short flights of external stairs to gain entrance to the tower, which means there is a lower floor, it was explained that its used for storage and there isn't anything to see in there anyway. There is a toilet on site, very tight fit, but serves it's purpose for able bodied, unfortunately it isn't accessible for wheelchair users, and neither is the tower as the stairs are very slim in width and very steep. Parking is adequate on Woburn close, a short 1 minute walk from the tower. There is s small tray of gifts available to purchase, but no refreshments, bring a bottle of water on hot days it would get very warm in the tower itself. Worth a visit, the tour guides make it worthwhile.
Remarkable place. Wall paintings from the early 1300s are rare, rarer still outside a religious building. V helpful friendly volunteers
What a treasure of a find. Has some of the oldest medieval wall paintings in Europe. We were very lucky to have a lady there to welcome us and bring to life the history of the tower and the explanation of the painting on the walls. The way she talked about the art just showed the love and pride of the history of the tower. She just drew us in. Very interesting place and well worth the visit. Hopefully you will also meet this lady who will emerse you with her passion
I tried to take my 3 kids twice. On the first occasion they were shut when they were advertised as open, and the second time we were turned around at the door and told to come back later. Not very accommodating at all, so I wouldn't bother unless you fit their preferred demographic.
