# Garrison Tower

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{{Infobox historic site
| name                 = Garrison Tower
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| image                = Signal station, the Garrison, St. Mary's - geograph.org.uk - 936283.jpg
| caption              = Garrison Tower in 2008
| type                 = 
| locmapin             = Isles of Scilly
| coordinates          = {{coord|49.912528|-6.322422}}
| location             = [St Mary's, Isles of Scilly](/source/St_Mary's%2C_Isles_of_Scilly), England
| area                 = 
| built                = 
| architect            = 
| architecture         = 
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| owner                = 
| designation1         = Grade II
| designation1_offname = Garrison Tower
| designation1_date    = 14 December 1992
| designation1_number  = {{listed building England|1328847}}
}}
'''Garrison Tower''' is a [Grade II listed](/source/Grade_II_listed) structure on [St Mary's, Isles of Scilly](/source/St_Mary's%2C_Isles_of_Scilly)

The tower was built in the 17th century as a windmill. By 1750 it was abandoned and in a ruined condition. The remains were converted to a lookout tower in the 1830s by [HM Coastguard](/source/Her_Majesty's_Coastguard).

In 1869, the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette obtained it as a lookout post to report shipping movements. It was taken over by [Lloyd's of London](/source/Lloyd's_of_London) in 1871.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Goodwin |first=J |date=1993 |title=Granite towers on St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly |journal=Cornish Archaeology |volume=32 |pages=128–139 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in the Isles of Scilly
Category:Grade II listed buildings in Cornwall
Category:St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
Category:Grade II listed windmills
Category:Grade II listed government buildings

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