After Peel's death in 1850 there was a campaign to erect a statue in
Bury and a monument at the top of Harcles Hill. A monuments committee was convened and chaired by local industrialist William Grant. Grant insisted that, when viewed from his home at Nuttall Hall, the tower should be in line with St Andrews Church, which he had also built in 1832. The monument, standing 128 feet, was built at a cost of £1000 raised through public appeal. The
gritstone used to construct the monument was quarried from the hill itself with the hole left by the excavation adjacent to the tower still visible. The name "Peel" is carved in large letters above the door of the large
crenellated base section that supports the tower, which has four stages of
mullioned windows and is also crenellated with
battlements at the top. A report in the
Manchester Guardian noted that, while the monument is not "a specimen of architectural beauty", it provides a conspicuous landmark and it also has a viewing platform from which to look across the surrounding countryside. The site of the tower belonged to the
Duke of Buccleuch, whose permission had not been sought. He granted a lease on the site and allowed that the tower trustees could charge an entrance fee. == Opening ceremony ==