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King Alfred's Tower

folly tower in Somerset, England, UK
Place observation_tower Q7884143

Facts

14 properties

Designation

Instance of
observation tower, folly tower[4]
Heritage designation
Grade I listed building[13]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.115°, -2.365°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Brewham[2]

Period and style

Inception
1772[10]
Architect
Henry Flitcroft[5]
Architectural style
Palladian architecture[9]
More facts +6
Owned by
National Trust[7]
Official website
www.nationaltrust.org.uk[12]
Commissioned by
Henry Hoare[6]
Historic county
Somerset[14]
OS grid reference
ST7454635125[11]
Operator
National Trust[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en King Alfred's Tower en Stourton Tower en The Folly of King Alfred the Great de King Alfred’s Tower es Torre del rey Alfredo ja アルフレッド王の塔 nl De follie van koning Alfred de Grote nl Toren van koning Alfred pt Torre do Rei Alfredo ru Башня короля Альфреда uk Вежа короля Альфреда
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
King Alfred's Tower view from west.jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID
king-alfreds-tower
British Listed Buildings ID
101175610
Freebase ID
/m/06wd1m
GeoNames ID
7627245
National Heritage List for England number
1175610
National Library of Wales Authority ID
stourton-tower-england
SNARC ID
El Salvador at the 2012 Summer Olympics
TripAdvisor ID
14066254
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Building", "KingAlfredsTower::bh2f8"]
📚 Sources · 1
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Elevation above sea levelP2044
250 m 2026-09-26 S/HSTS · GB GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
Located in time zoneP421
Europe/London 2026-09-26 S/HSTS · GB GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
Architect 1
Henry Flitcroft
Architectural style 1
Palladian architecture
Commissioned by 1
Henry Hoare
Country 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
observation tower
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Brewham
Operator 1
National Trust
Owned by 1
National Trust
SNARC ID 1
El Salvador at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Summary

King Alfred's Tower is an observation tower[1].

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United Kingdom

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w 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| */ Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Building", "KingAlfredsTower::bh2f8"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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