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Mordaunt Crook describes the tower as being stylistically unrestrained - "its components ... extraordinarily elastic: classical acanthus capitals; pierced arcaded battlements; Gothic finials and crockets; a touch of the
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of that title by virtue of the marriage. It was completed in about 1781. It functions as a viewing platform for the Duke's park, landscaped during the Hugh Percy period by
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Illustrations of the
Literary History of the Eighteenth Century
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Mordaunt-Crook, J. (April 1973). "Northumbrian
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748:22 August
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477:Bing Maps
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195:John Adam
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791:See also
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391:verandah
341:Bamburgh
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852:Alnwick
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237:folly
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