The Belvedere is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 January 1989. Prospect tower.

The Belvedere

WRENN ID: veiled-finial-storm
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Swansea
Country: Wales
Date first listed: 27 January 1989
Type: Prospect tower
Source: Cadw listing

Description

Gothick prospect tower of octagonal plan (imitating medieval chapter house). Rubble-faced walls with droved freestone dressing, taller polygonal stair turret to NW angle. Panelled parapets (broken) over eaves stringcourse, diagonal corner buttresses with set-offs, pointed chamfered lights with dripmoulds, Y-tracery facing road. Tall (blocked) chamfered archway on W side; pointed (blocked) doorway to stair turret with corbelled top and cross loops.

In derelict condition at time of inspection.

Remarkable vaulted interior with central ribbed pier and wall shafts supporting slender ribs to centralised brick vaults.

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