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King Alfred's Tower

folly tower in Somerset, England, UK
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King Alfred's Tower

Summary

King Alfred's Tower is an observation tower[1]. It draws 112 Wikipedia views per month (observation_tower category, ranking #22 of 79).[2]

Key Facts

  • King Alfred's Tower is located in Brewham[3].
  • King Alfred's Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • King Alfred's Tower's image is recorded as King Alfred's Tower view from west.jpg[5].
  • King Alfred's Tower's instance of is recorded as observation tower[6].
  • King Alfred's Tower's instance of is recorded as folly tower[7].
  • King Alfred's Tower's architect is recorded as Henry Flitcroft[8].
  • King Alfred's Tower's commissioned by is recorded as Henry Hoare[9].
  • King Alfred's Tower's owned by is recorded as National Trust[10].
  • King Alfred's Tower's operator is recorded as National Trust[11].
  • King Alfred's Tower's architectural style is recorded as Palladian architecture[12].
  • King Alfred's Tower's Commons category is recorded as King Alfred's Tower[13].
  • +1772-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of King Alfred's Tower[14].
  • King Alfred's Tower's OS grid reference is recorded as ST7454635125[15].
  • King Alfred's Tower's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.1148273, 'lon': -2.3650446}[16].
  • King Alfred's Tower's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06wd1m[17].
  • King Alfred's Tower's official website is recorded as https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead/trails/stourhead-king-alfreds-tower-walk[18].
  • King Alfred's Tower's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1175610[19].
  • King Alfred's Tower's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[20].
  • King Alfred's Tower's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7627245[21].
  • King Alfred's Tower's National Library of Wales Authority ID is recorded as stourton-tower-england[22].
  • King Alfred's Tower's TripAdvisor ID is recorded as 14066254[23].
  • King Alfred's Tower's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as king-alfreds-tower[24].
  • King Alfred's Tower's historic county is recorded as Somerset[25].
  • King Alfred's Tower's British Listed Buildings ID is recorded as 101175610[26].
  • King Alfred's Tower's SNARC ID is recorded as El Salvador at the 2012 Summer Olympics[27].

Body

Geography

King Alfred's Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Brewham[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include observation tower[6] and folly tower[7]. King Alfred's Tower's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[20].

History and Context

+1772-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of King Alfred's Tower[14]. Its owned by is recorded as National Trust[10].

Why It Matters

King Alfred's Tower draws 112 Wikipedia views per month (observation_tower category, ranking #22 of 79).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . openstreetmap.org. openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architect → Henry Flitcroft
    Inception → —
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Building", "KingAlfredsTower::bh2f8"]
    Instance of → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "KingAlfredsTower::bh2f8"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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