An exterior view of Saltwell Tower, showing the

An exterior view of Saltwell Tower, showing the east side of the south elevation from an embattled turret in the garden, south-east of the house. The house was built for William Wailes, a stained glass manufacturer, in 1871 with dark brick and yellow brick dressings. The south front has two storeys with square corner turrets and a tall three storey polygonal turret on the right. Each floor of the turret has three single windows, one on each side. The main front has a continuous parapet with sloping stone capping and four light recessed windows. In the background is a three storey entrance tower with polygonal stair turrets with a pyrmidal roof. In the foreground are the stairs leading from the garden to the top of the turret

Capping Continuous Dressings Elevation Elizabethan Embattled Gateshead Gothick Parapet Polygonal Recessed Sloping South-east Stair Storey Storeys Turret Turrets Ursula Wailes Woodland

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