HOME STEEPED IN HISTORY

Tower House is a double fronted Grade Il listed Georgian residence in Axminster, with elegant accommodation arranged over four floors.

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Local historians propose that Tower House was first built around 1800 as an integral part of Gloucester House, for Dr Symes, a local surgeon of the time. It was split in about 1911 into Gloucester House and Tower House, which is when it is believed that the spiral staircase, shaped like an ammonite, was added to the rear elevation.

The property is steeped in history and features a rather unusual brick tunnel which runs from the basement onto Castle Street. Rumour has it that this was part of a network of underground tunnels which ran underneath Market Square and Castle Hill.