- Building type: Tower
- Date of construction: 1865
- Architect: Charles Lanyon
- Listing: B+
- HB/SMR Ref: HB24/11/031
- 2nd Survey by EHS: Yes
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Scrabo Tower, Scrabo, Newtownards
County Down
Square Scottish Baronial tower with 4 corner turrets, 3 corbelled, and a fourth full height for spiral staircase. Motile storey with central conical corbelled roof. Steps lead up to a tall rounded arch doorway below plaque insert and coat of arms
| Stone Type Category: | Basalt |
| Primary Stone Type: | Dolerite |
| Secondary Stone Type: | Scrabo Sandstone |
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| Stonework Construction: | Rough-coursed rock-faced rubble |
| Stonework Condition: | Primary stone is in good condition with no significant evidence of deterioration. Sandstone shows some evidence of surface loss primarily through granular disintegration and bedding-plane erosion |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 1 |
