Beldornie Tower

Heritage listing

Details This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 May 2022 to update text and reformat to current standards SZ 5892 1/141 PELHAMFIELD AUGUSTA ROAD Beldornie Tower II Originally a property of the Earls of Yarborough and dating back to the C16 or early C17. Virtually rebuilt however circa 1840 in Gothic-Jacobean style with the addition of a west wing in 1880. Two storeys basement and attic. Rendered and painted. Gable end slate roof. South entrance front: three gables, saddle stones, Kneelers finials to East and West, the latter being a stepped gable. Three casement windows first floor and oriel to East. Ground floor mullioned and transomed bay window to West; one two light casement with dripstone; large mullioned and transomed window of eight lights to East. Rendered, chamfered, surrounds. Slate roof gabled porch. Ogee arched doorway with dripstone over. Double doors panelled below, four lights above, heavy tracery to pointed fanlight. North front: coursed rubble with ashlar quoins. Rubble basement, possibly part of original house. The 1880 West wing is set back on this front. At the Western corner of main block: a tall octagonal red brick tower with stucco concave cornice and crenellation, on a rubble base. Part of the tower may also derive from original house. Stepped gable to main block with pendant finials in place of Kneelers. Casement in gable and one of three lights to first floor, rendered surrounds. Ground floor: large crenellated bay of five lights. Tower has, slit and casement windows in rendered surrounds. West front of main block, between tower and 1880 West wing, of one window. Stepped gable, chimney designed as finial. Ground floor has mullioned and transomed window of four lights in rusticated rendered surround. The interior is for the most p

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.