December 30, 2010

Built to keep Napoleon at bay this Suffolk Martello tower has been renovated into a home. I love the brick work. Deeply envious of the view.

Martello towers are apparently mis-named after the tower guarding the anchorage at Mortella Point, in Corsica. Examples were built throughout the British Empire (which explains the cameo appearance in Ulysses). via via

posted by polychrome 13 years ago
  • Seems like a perfect beach house to me - the need to watch the coastline for invaders ensured a great view, and built to withstand any weather event short of a tsunami. Beats a lighthouse, less stairs and less glare.
  • For another remodeling of an old military landmark without destroying the aesthetics of it there's this bunker house on Sullivan's Island near Charleston, SC.