Architecture & design · Tower Hamlets
The Middle Tower
The Middle Tower is a listed building in Tower Hamlets, London, on the National Heritage List for England at Grade I, the highest of the three grades and reserved for buildings of exceptional interest. It was first listed in 1989.
Also known as THE MIDDLE TOWER, WITH CAUSEWAY TO BYWARD TOWER (QV) AND REMAINS OF CAUSEWAY TO LION TOWER TO WEST.

Good for
- Architecture & design — A building whose interest is legible from the street, whether or not anything inside it is open. It is in this corpus as listed at Grade I on the National Heritage List for England; a named building.
These are editorial judgements, not verified facts.
Sources & verification
- coordinates.latitude
- National Heritage List for England - listed building points (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- Point published against this record by Historic England.
- coordinates.longitude
- National Heritage List for England - listed building points (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- name
- National Heritage List for England - listed building points (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- The register's own title for this record is "THE MIDDLE TOWER, WITH CAUSEWAY TO BYWARD TOWER (QV) AND REMAINS OF CAUSEWAY TO LION TOWER TO WEST"; the displayed name is that title cleaned of listing scope and case, not a rename.
- externalIds.sourceRecordId
- National Heritage List for England - listed building points (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- The identifier Historic England gives this record in National Heritage List for England - listed building points. Read from the response, never transcribed.
- category
- National Heritage List for England - listed building points (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- Assigned from the register's own classification of this record as "Grade I listed building".
- neighborhoodId
- National Heritage List for England - listed building points (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
- London borough, by point-in-polygon against ons boundaries.
Not verified: opening hours, admission prices and access rules. These change frequently and we have not checked them, so this page does not state them. Check the official website before travelling.
Created from record 1065766 of National Heritage List for England - listed building points, retrieved 2026-09-08.
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