Originally called Baddings Tower. 1250 approximately A square tower with 4 3/4 round turrets at the angles. Built of stone rubble. Most of the machiolations have disappeared but a small portion remains on the west side. Loop lights with stone dressings in the turrets and south front of main tower. Enlarged windows of the C15 and C16 with segmental heads and double iron grille in the north front of the tower. C16 or Cl7 doorway in the north east tower. Pointed door to basement. This tower sustained some damage from bombs. The main casualty was the pyramidal tiled roof, which was not original. This was temporarily replaced with corrugated iron. The north-west turret was also damaged. Adjoining the Tower on the east is a small portion of the C14 town wall surmounted by the only 2 battlements of the wall which survive.

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Name	Rye, Ypres Tower
Alternative Names	Baddings Tower; Ria; Rya; Ipres
Historic County	Sussex
Civil Parish	Rye
Type	Tower House
Confidence	Certain
Remains	Major
Listed	Grade 1
Scheduled Ancient Monument	Yes
Ordnance Survey Reference	TQ922203
Eastings	592200
Northing	120300
Images of England Reference	434231
PastScape Reference	1395247
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Books

• Jones, R., 2003, 'Hastings to Herstmonceux: the castles of Sussex' in Rudling, D. (ed) The archaeology of Sussex to AD2000 (Great Dunham: Heritage Marketing and Publications) p171-8
• Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Sussex (Malvern) p65-7
• Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p253-4
• Drage, C., 1987, 'Urban castles' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report) p126
• Guy, John, 1984, Castles in Sussex (Phillimore) p112-7
• King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p474, lxvii
• Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
• Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1937, VCH Sussex Vol9 p41-2
• Vidler, 1934, New History of Rye (Hove) p8, 10 [history only]
• Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co) (Methuen and Co)
• Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p90
• Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p321
• Holloway, W., 1847, The History and Antiquities of the Ancient Port of Rye p585-7
• Grose, F., 1756, Antiquities of England and Wales Vol5 p162-4

Antiquarian

• William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/barkseng.html#sussex16]

Journals

• Renn, D.F., 1979, ‘The castles of Rye and Winchelsea' Archaeological Journal Vol136 p193-202

Guidebooks

• Bagley, Geoffrey S. and Clark, Kenneth M., 1975, The Story of the Ypres Tower and Rye Museum (Rye Museum)