Paull Holme Tower

The tower is part of a rectangular, moated enclosure near the village of Paull, dating from the beginning of the 15th century.{{sfn|Emery|1996|page=384}} The tower is three storeys high, each floor having a single chamber, the whole protected by a portcullis entrance.{{sfn|Emery|1996|page=384}} There has been debate as to the purpose of the site – in part the fortification resembles the more northern pele towers, although alternatively the tower may have been built to give luxury accommodation overlooking the Humber estuary which flows nearby, similar to some properties built near King's Lynn.{{sfn|Emery|1996|page=384}} It is a unique building for the period and region.{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/HAR-2010-regional-registers/yh-HAR-register-2010.pdf |title=Heritage at Risk 2010|publisher= English Heritage|page=17| access-date= 21 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913115951/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/HAR-2010-regional-registers/yh-HAR-register-2010.pdf/|archive-date=13 September 2011}}

The tower was restored in 1871, from which the current windows, doorways and plasterwork dates, but has been roofless since the early 20th century and as of 2010 is ruined and in what English Heritage considers to be a very bad condition.{{sfn|Emery|1996|page=384}} It is a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building.{{cite web|url=http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/1063.html |title=Paull Holme Tower|work= Gatehouse website| access-date= 21 April 2011}}{{NHLE|num=1366242|desc=Paull Holme Tower|accessdate=11 June 2015}}{{NHLE|num=1007875|desc=Paull Holme moated site and tower|accessdate=11 June 2015}}

In December 2016 a grant of £160,000 was secured from Historic England to enable restoration work to begin with an aim of completing the work by September 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-38458799|title=Paull Holme Tower gets restoration money|date=29 December 2016|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=16 January 2017}}

A shield of arms is displayed on the outer wall.{{cite web|url=https://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/Downloads/bbs/bbs-69.pdf|title= Information 69|publisher= British Brick Society|access-date=19 January 2019|date=October 1996}}

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|image = Holme-Wastney Escutcheon.png

|escutcheon = Quarterly, First and fourth: Barry of six Or and Azure on a canton Argent a chaplet Gules (Holme);{{cite web|url=https://www.burkespeerage.com/record_to_view.php?book=Burke%27s%20Peerage%20General%20Armory&ref=GeneralArmory&page=0600&totalPages=1275 |title=General Armory, page 502 |website=Burke's Peerage |access-date=15 February 2019}} Second and third: Sable a lion rampant Argent (Wastney).

|notes = Displayed surrounded by roses, most likely Tudor}}

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• {{cite book|first=Anthony |last=Emery|year=1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8vhhaR3JxsC | title=Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: Northern England|volume=1| publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn= 978-0-521-49723-7}}

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