Lund's Tower

Lund's Tower is a stone-built folly situated to the south-west of the North Yorkshire village of Sutton-in-Craven.

[1] James Lund (1829–1903) commissioned the Keighley architectural firm of R. B. Broster & Sons to design the tower, which was built in 1887.

Different reasons have been given for why Lund wanted the folly built: local residents refer to it as the Ethel Tower, believing it was constructed either to celebrate the birth of Lund's daughter Ethel – or her 21st birthday; others refer to it as the Jubilee Tower, believing it commemorated the 1887 jubilee of Queen Victoria.

[a] Set on the top of Earl Crag, Lund's Tower is in the same vicinity as Wainman's Pinnacle, which is also Grade II listed but constructed in 1898 to commemorate the Napoleonic Wars.

[1] Crenellated battlements adorn the eleven-metre tall tower, which is constructed from squared-dressed stone.