Dunstall Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. Folly ruin. 2 related planning applications.
Dunstall Castle
- WRENN ID
- swift-lancet-torch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1968
- Type
- Folly ruin
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dunstall Castle is a folly ruin built around 1750-1760, attributed to Sanderson Miller. It was designed as a picturesque ruined castle for the 6th Earl of Coventry, of Croome Court. The structure is made of blue lias random rubble and features a central round tower flanked by lengths of wall on each side, which are canted back and end in a smaller tower. The central tower has an arched lower opening, a string course, and a blank arched panel above, topped with a ruined cap that includes machicolation. The lower opening has a plank door with studding.
On the western side, there is a wall with a shallow pitch gable that springs from the string course of the tower, along with a large ruined Gothic window. The window's sill has been broken open to ground level, with single rebates to the jambs and Bath stone cusping resembling plate tracery at the head. This wall ends in a narrow square tower featuring a blank arched opening, a string course, and a blank square-headed panel with a keystone at the top stage, alongside another blank panel on the eastern side of the top stage. There is no rear wall.
The eastern side has a double wall with a large neo-Norman round arch, a dentilled string course at the impost level, and a flat parapet that ends in a round tower. This tower has a single blank panel below and paired arched panels at the top stage, along with ruined machicolation. Inside the central tower, there is a brick staircase tower with stone winding steps.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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