ELSDON TOWER - List Entry

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Elsdon Tower


Elsdon

  • 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...."
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1371439
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 6 years ago
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