▁was ▁destroyed ▁about ▁eight y ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁By ng ▁also ▁made ▁a ▁sketch ▁of ▁the ▁tower ▁ ▁with ▁an ▁arch ed ▁door way ▁at ▁ground ▁level . ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 8 ▁John ▁Moore , ▁the ▁historian ▁of ▁the ▁nearby ▁town ▁of ▁Bour ne , ▁Lincoln shire ▁published ▁a ▁note ▁about ▁As lack by ▁Pre ce pr t ory ▁in ▁The ▁Gent le man ' s ▁Magazine ▁and ▁promised ▁ ▁a ▁eng ra ving ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁Pre cept ory ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁part ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁H undred ▁of ▁A vel and . ▁This ▁was ▁not ▁published , ▁but ▁about ▁ 1 8 3 5 ▁ ▁an ▁eng ra ving ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁As lack by ▁by ▁W . W at kins ▁ ▁from ▁a ▁sketch ▁by ▁J . ▁B . ▁T oph am ▁was ▁published . ▁This ▁shows ▁the ▁Temple ▁Farm ▁and ▁the ▁Pre cept ory ▁tower . ▁ ▁Tow ards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁its ▁condition ▁was ▁giving ▁concern ▁and ▁Society ▁for ▁the ▁Prote ction ▁of ▁An cient ▁Build ings ▁( SP AB ) ▁attempted ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁own ers ▁to ▁restore ▁the ▁building , ▁but ▁demol ition ▁took ▁place ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁too ▁dangerous . ▁D etailed ▁draw ings ▁of ▁the ▁tower ▁were ▁made . ▁It ▁is ▁noted ▁that ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁architect ural ▁fragments ▁were ▁taken ▁to ▁a ▁garden ▁in ▁Hor bling . ▁These ▁fragments ▁ ▁must ▁be ▁the ▁arch ▁from ▁the ▁lower ▁floor ▁of