Bantam Folly, Approx 200 Yards West Of Belsay Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Farm buildings.

Bantam Folly, Approx 200 Yards West Of Belsay Castle

WRENN ID
swift-landing-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1986
Type
Farm buildings
Source
Historic England listing

Description

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

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