Where is Elsdon Tower?

Elsdon Tower is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.2346°, -2.1021°.

Castles · North East England

Elsdon Tower

Elsdon Tower in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Elsdon Tower is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Elsdon Tower is a Grade I listed medieval tower house converted for use as a Rectory situated at Elsdon, Northumberland. Originally part of the estate of Elsdon Castle, it later become a rectory and is now a private residence. The original construction dates from the 15th century and has been modified several times.

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History

The property was first recorded as Vicars Pele, a pele tower in the occupation of the Rector of Elsdon in 1415. The tower originally contained four storeys, was reduced in the 17th century to only three with a steeply sloping roof above a castellated parapet. It is 13.15 x, with the longer side running from west-north-west to east-south-east. The walls are about 2.6 m thick. It has a timber roof. Subsequent buildings have been adjoined on the north and west of the tower. The tower was Grade I listed in 1953. The only remaining features of the original 15th century construction are a garderobe and fireplace on the original first floor.

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