Preston Tower Visit 18 Oct 2025
October 18 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
After extensive consolidation Preston Tower is available for private tours.
Preston Tower is said to have been a property of the Homes, but is recorded as being held by the Setons in the 13th century before passing to the Liddles. It went by marriage at the end of the 14th century to the Hamiltons of Rossavon, Fingalton and Preston, who probably built the tower. Preston was torched in 1544 by the Earl of Hertford, and then in October 1650 by Cromwell’s forces, when all the family papers were burnt.
The consolidation was a £1.1 million project.
The first phase involved repairs to the doo’cot, installation of new interpretation boards, a new garden seating area around a carved stone contemplation circle, and new paths. The second phase featured specialist stonework and plaster repairs, renewal of metalwork in the tower including an external staircase to allow public access to the inside of the tower for the first time in 40 years.
Numbers limit likely to be three groups of 10.
Refreshments after TBC.