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Warley Tor was a circular summer house with an observation platform above, and a single room each side at ground level. It was included in Repton’s design for the landscape. It looks like this building was built when the estate was landscaped, and when Samuel Galton Junior had decided not to build a family home at that time. It had a dining room and room for a caretaker.

Its main feature was a squat circular tower which gave spectacular views across the attractive surrounding landscape. Its location high up on the land inside the Park between Grove Road and Lenwade Road can be determined from plans drawn by Repton, although physical evidence has yet to be found. From the viewing platform it would have been possible to see the Galtons’ home, Great Barr Hall, approximately 7 miles away. Another image shows Robert Lugar's design for an extended Warley Tor. It seems these plans were drawn up in around1804/5 and approved by Samuel Galton, but according to Lugar they were not carried out because Hubert Galton, Samuel Galton Junior’s third son, had decided to build Warley Abbey instead. Lugar got a much larger commission, along with the stables and lodges (north/south) for the estate. 

The last we know of Warley Tor is when an advert for a tenant for it was placed in a newspaper in 1823 but after this date the building vanishes from the records.

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