[1] The tower is all that survives of a gate lodge to the house of Vale Royal Abbey.

On the south-west elevation is a planked and studded oak door built into a Gothic-style arch.

[2] The gate to the house lay to the west of the tower the posts of which were connected to the lodge by a low boundary wall surmounted by iron railings.

[3][4] A social media campaign to rebuild the tower was subsequently started by local residents.

[5] In response, Cheshire West and Chester Council stated that the tower materials had been stored and a reconstruction was already planned; costs were to be pursued from the driver's insurance company.