 The tower stands on Kingsettle Hill and belongs to the National Trust.It is designated as a grade I listed building.Henry Hoare II planned the tower in the 1760s to commemorate the end of the Seven Years' War against France and the accession of King George III near the location of 'Egbert's Stone' where it is believed that Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallied the Saxons in May 878 before the important Battle of Edington.