Preston Tower was originally a late 14th century stone rectangular hall-type tower house, founded by Robert Harbottle. Of three storeys and flanked by square turrets on the angles, all the floors in the turrets have pointed tunnel-vaulted chambers. After the Union of Scotland and England in 1603, most of the tower was dismantled for materials to build farm buildings. In 1864, Henry Robert Baker-Cresswell restored the remains of the tower, making the south wall with its two southern turrets, into a clock tower. A new rear wall was erected and a striking clock was positioned centrally on the second floor, with faces on the front and rear walls. 4 miles north-east is Craster Arms and 4 miles south-east is Embleton Vicarage.