# Luttrell's Tower
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| image = Luttrell's Tower from the beach.JPG
| caption = Luttrell's Tower from the beach
| type = [Folly](/source/Folly)
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| location = [Fawley](/source/Fawley%2C_Hampshire)
| area = [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire)
| built = 1780
| architect = [Thomas Sandby](/source/Thomas_Sandby)
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| owner = [Landmark Trust](/source/Landmark_Trust)
| designation1 = Grade II*
| designation1_offname = Luttrell's Tower
| designation1_date = 8 October 1959
| designation1_number = {{listed building England|1094367}}
| designation2 = Grade II
| designation2_offname = 3 flights of steps and gateway south east of Luttrell's Tower
| designation2_date = 10 Jun 1987
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'''Luttrell's Tower''' is a three-storey stuccoed yellow brick [folly](/source/folly) south of [Southampton](/source/Southampton), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), England, near the village of [Calshot](/source/Calshot). It has a six-storey circular stair turret extending above the rest. It stands on the shore of the [Solent](/source/Solent), close to the grounds of Eaglehurst House. It is owned by the [Landmark Trust](/source/Landmark_Trust).
==History==
The tower was built circa 1780 for Temple Simon Luttrell[{{NHLE|grade=II|desc=Luttrell's Tower|num=1094367|date=8 October 1959}}]
by [Thomas Sandby](/source/Thomas_Sandby), who was a founder member and first Professor of Architecture at the [Royal Academy](/source/Royal_Academy).[{{cite web
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Temple Luttrell was a [Member of Parliament](/source/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom) who was allegedly involved in smuggling on the south coast (though no firm evidence of this exists).[{{cite book |last=Murley |first=Clare |last2=Murley |first2=Fred|date=1991 |title=Waterside, a Pictorial Past: Calshot, Fawley, Hythe and Marchwood |publisher=Ensign Publications |page=19 |isbn=1854550683}}] Once the goods were on the mainland, the proximity of Southampton would have made distribution expeditious. In the early 19th century the tower was sold to [Richard Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan](/source/Richard_Lambart%2C_7th_Earl_of_Cavan).[Degna Marconi ''My Father Marconi'' (1962).] His youngest daughter, [Gioia](/source/Gioia_Marconi_Braga), was christened at [Fawley](/source/Fawley%2C_Hampshire) Church in 1916.[Clare and Fred Murley ''Waterside'' (1991).] Steps down to the beach were added in 1927 to a design by [Clough Williams-Ellis](/source/Clough_Williams-Ellis).[{{cite book |last1=O’Brien |first1=Charles|last2=Bailey |first2=Bruce|last3=Pevsner |first3=Nikolaus |last4=Lloyd |first4=David W. |date=2018 |title=The Buildings of England Hampshire: South |publisher=Yale University Press |pages=244–245|isbn=9780300225037}}]
During World War 2 the tower was taken over by the military who fitted steel shutters over the windows.[{{cite book |last=Murley |first=Clare |last2=Murley |first2=Fred|date=1991 |title=Waterside, a Pictorial Past: Calshot, Fawley, Hythe and Marchwood |publisher=Ensign Publications |page=20 |isbn=1854550683}}] After the war the tower along with the house was purchased by Valder Gates who had the wartime damage the buildings had suffered repaired.