{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox building | name = Lindeth Tower | former_names = | alternate_names = | etymology = | status = | image = Lindeth Tower - geograph.org.uk - 828604.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = | caption = | pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Lancaster | pushpin_map_alt = | altitude = | building_type = Summerhouse | architectural_style = | structural_system = | material = Limestone rubble | cost = | ren_cost = | client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = Silverdale, Lancashire | address = | location_town = | location_country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54.1603|-2.8265|region:GB|display=inline,title}} | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = 1842 | opened_date = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | inauguration_date = | relocated_date = | renovation_date = | closing_date = | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | circumference = | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | observatory = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = 3 | floor_area = | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | elevator_count = | grounds_area = | architect = H.P. Fleetwood | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = | awards = | designations = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | number_of_rooms = | parking = | url = <!-- {{URL| }} --> | embedded = {{Designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = Grade II Listed Building | designation1_offname = | designation1_type = | designation1_criteria = | designation1_date = 2 May 1968 | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = {{National Heritage List for England|num=1071845|short=yes}} }} | references = }} '''Lindeth Tower''' is a Victorian folly in Silverdale, Lancashire, England. It is an embattled square tower of three storeys. It was built in 1842 by Henry Paul Fleetwood, a distant relative of Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, the founder of Fleetwood.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lindeth Tower, Silverdale |url=https://redrosecollections.lancashire.gov.uk/view-item?i=241490&WINID=1723503391215 |website=Red Rose Collections from Lancashire County Council |access-date=12 August 2024}}</ref> A slate plaque bears the wording "Erected 1842 by H.P. Fleetwood Esq".<ref name=nhle /> Elizabeth Gaskell stayed in the tower in the 1840s and 1850s and her novel ''Ruth'' was written there. Lindeth Tower is a Grade II listed building.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Riley|first= Susan|url=https://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/people/silverdale-tower-elizabeth-gaskell-s-lancashire-inspiration-1-1645319 |title=Silverdale Tower - Elizabeth Gaskell's Lancashire inspiration|work=Lancashire Life|date= 13 June 2011|access-date=22 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509100846/https://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/people/silverdale-tower-elizabeth-gaskell-s-lancashire-inspiration-1-1645319| archive-date=9 May 2020 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref> Hartwell, Clare and Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) ''North Lancashire'', Yale University Press {{ISBN|978-0-300-12667-9}}</ref><ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-181952-lindeth-tower-silverdale-lancashire Lindeth Tower], ''British Listed Buildings''. Retrieved 15 June 2014.</ref><ref name=nhle>{{NHLE|desc=Lindeth Tower| num=1071845}}</ref>
==See also== {{portal|Lancashire}} *Listed buildings in Silverdale, Lancashire
== References== {{Reflist}}
{{City of Lancaster buildings}}
Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Lancaster Category:Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire Category:Folly towers in England Category:Towers completed in 1842 Category:Silverdale, Lancashire