Clavell Tower at Kimmeridge is in the running for a top national award.

The Grade II listed historic landmark was dismantled piece by piece and rebuilt 25 metres back from the cliff edge to save it from coastal erosion.

It won the RICS South West Building Conservation Award in May, and is going through to the national awards, with the winner to be announced next week.

The tower, built in the 1830s as an observatory and folly, was saved by The Landmark Trust, with assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other donors.

The painstaking and exacting process of moving it brick by brick began in 2006 and was completed last year.

Previously left derelict, Clavell Tower is now fully restored, giving it at least 150 years of security.

It is now up against other projects, not only in the UK, but around the world.

The judges, who pay particular attention to construction materials and techniques, conservation achievements, and project’s long-term prospects, will announce their choice at a ceremony at the Honourable Artillery Company in London. Kevin McCloud of television’s Grand Designs will present the awards.