The Watchtower, Whitehaven Harbour

The 1730 Watchtower and pier master's house on Old Quay, Whitehaven, Cumbria.
The plaque on the watchtower reads: 'WATCHTOWER AND OLD QUAY / ERECTED ABOUT 1730, THE WATCHTOWER / WAS USED FOR GENERAL SURVEILLANCE / OF SAILING VESSELS IN THE HARBOUR / THE OLD QUAY WAS THE PORT'S FIRST / PIER, OF LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY / FOUNDATION, WITH HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS / INCLUDING THE JOHN PAUL JONES RAID / IN 1778 - THE LAST INVASION OF ENGLAND / WHITEHAVEN CIVIC SOCIETY 1971'