Brizlee Tower

Brizlee Tower
Brizlee Tower in 2006, before its renovation
General information
Status	Grade 1 listed
Type	Folly tower
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
Location	Hulne Park, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Coordinates	55°25′35″N 1°45′07″W / 55.42636°N 1.75186°W / 55.42636; -1.75186Coordinates: 55°25′35″N 1°45′07″W / 55.42636°N 1.75186°W / 55.42636; -1.75186
Completed	1781 (1781)
Client	Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Height	26 metres (85 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	6
Design and construction
Architect	Robert Adam or John Adam

Brizlee Tower (sometimes Brislee Tower) is a Grade 1 listed folly set atop a hill in Hulne Park, the walled home park of the Duke of Northumberland in Alnwick, Northumberland. The tower was erected in 1781 for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and commands extensive views over North Northumberland and the Borders.

Brizlee Tower is a 26-metre-high elaborately ornamental tower in dressed stone set at the edge of the northern escarpment of Brizlee Hill, overlooking Hulne Park, the "home park" of Alnwick Castle. The hill's relative elevation (about 177 metres above sea-level, in comparison with the valley floor's 44 metres) makes the tower's site a natural vantage point with all-encompassing views to the west, north and east – including the vale of Whittingham, through which the River Aln flows; the sites of numerous country seats past and present, such as at Eslington, Bolton, Callaly, Shawdon, Broomepark, and Lemington; Hulne Priory within the park walls; The Cheviot, 20 miles distant and the Teviotdale hills and Flodden a further 20 miles away; the Northumberland coast including the Farne Islands and Coquet Island, and the castles at Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh and Warkworth. Southerly views are blocked by Alnwick Moor, which rises higher than the tower.