BANTAM FOLLY, APPROX 200 YARDS WEST OF BELSAY CASTLE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1152975
- Date first listed:
- 22-Aug-1986
- Statutory Address:
- BANTAM FOLLY, APPROX 200 YARDS WEST OF BELSAY CASTLE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- BANTAM FOLLY, APPROX 200 YARDS WEST OF BELSAY CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Belsay
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 08066 78589
Details
BELSAY BELSAY
NZ 0878
26/11 Bantam Folly, approx
200 yards west of
Belsay Castle
GV II
Farm buildings. c.1757 for Sir William Middleton. Ashlar with stone slate and
asbestos roofs. Gothick style. A ferme ornée. 9 bays in five sections: 1:3:1:
3:1.
1-bay end pavilions have boarded doors in architraves. Gabled roofs with flat
coping and kneelers. Pavilion to left has stone slate roof, that to right is
roofless.
Central section has 7 segmental arches with keystones. All are now blocked up
and have boarded doors set in. The central arch is wider with a tall castellated
dovecote tower above. It has a large quatrefoil with moulded surround, formerly
the entry to the dovecote but now blocked up; and it once had a spire.
Interior of dovecote has many brick nesting boxes.
Belsay: English Heritage : HBMC : 1984.
Listing NGR: NZ0807378590
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 238498
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Belsay, (1984)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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