Elsdon Tower

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Elsdon Tower is a medieval tower house converted to use as a Rectory situated at Elsdon, Northumberland. (grid reference NY93609339). It is a Grade I listed building.[1][2]

The property was first recorded as a Vicars Pele, a pele tower in the occupation of the Rector of Elsdon in 1415.[3]

The tower originally of four storeys was reduced in the 17th century to only three with a steeply sloping roof above a castellated parapet[4]

In the early 19th century Archdeacon Singleton built an entrance porch and a two storey, two bayed house extension.[4][2]

The house was in use as the Rectory until 1960[4]. It was fully renovated and restored in the 1990s.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Keys to the Past
  2. ^ a b English Heritage, Images of England:Elsdon Tower
  3. ^ Gatehouse Gazetteer
  4. ^ a b c Structures of the North East
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