ELSDON TOWER - List Entry
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Description
"Towerhouse. Recorded as a 'Vicar's Pele' in 1415 but probably rebuilt C16. Lower additions to west and north early C19 by Archdeacon Singleton; the windows remodelled c.1840. South side: originally 4 storeys but redivided internally to make 3 storeys....North side has castellated porch and single-storey, lean-to entrance hall of early C19. Above are 3 C18 lancets lighting the staircase. Above the original entrance a short stretch of machicolation on 4 large corbels. In the parapet the C18 shield of the Howards of Overacre...." -
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Historic England -
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Further information
Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1371439
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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