{"id":224240,"date":"2025-10-25T07:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/224240\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T07:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:17:08","slug":"sway-tower-among-25-uk-homes-that-broke-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/224240\/","title":{"rendered":"Sway Tower among 25 UK homes that &#8216;broke the internet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Sway Tower was included in the list as the property website marked its 25th anniversary.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Discussing why they created the list, Rightmove shared: &#8220;From a house with its own Tardis, to a home with a sculptural shark crashing through its roof, we\u2019ve picked 25 homes that have made quite the splash over the years.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The full list of the 25 UK homes that broke the internet can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightmove.co.uk\/news\/articles\/property-news\/25th-birthday-homes-that-broke-the-internet\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rightmove website here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Sway Tower has a spiral staircase consisting of 330 separately moulded steps (Image: Rightmove)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sway Tower was designed by Yorkshire-born Andrew Thomas Turton Peterson (1813-1906), and work began on it back in 1879.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This construction continued for six years, resulting in a 218-foot-tall concrete tower.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Sway Tower has a kitchen on its ground floor (Image: Rightmove)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The tower has 13 floors and a spiral staircase consisting of 330 separately moulded steps.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Interest stirred around it when the Grade II listed landmark was put up for sale in 2021, but it has since been removed from Rightmove by the agent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Sway Tower has a number of bedrooms (Image: Rightmove)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Discussing its inclusion in the list, the property website says: &#8220;This brutalist tower boasts some of the best views in the whole of the South of England.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Taking in the panoramic Solent and the Isle of Wight from a rarely seen elevated perspective, this property caused a lot of interaction online.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Its old profile on Rightmove can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightmove.co.uk\/properties\/72511921?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the website here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>  What can be found inside Sway Tower?<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Sway Tower&#8217;s features include a swimming pool as part of the grounds (Image: Rightmove)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sway Tower has several features, including a swimming pool and a tennis court, as part of the grounds.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Recommended reading:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The ground floor contains a sitting room, dining room, kitchen and conservatory.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As you go up the floors, there is one bedroom on each of the first four floors, which either has a bathroom or a shower room.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Storage rooms, garages and a workshop also make up part of the grounds, while there are also many viewpoints to see the surrounding area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sway Tower was included in the list as the property website marked its 25th anniversary. 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