Description

ST 76 NW KELSTON BATH ROAD, KELSTON (south side)

4/78 Tower House

G.V. II

Italianate country villa, built as a dower house for the Kelston Park (q.v.)
estate. Designed 1835 by James Thomson, of London. Ashlar with a lead roof
concealed behind a plain parapet. An asymmetrical villa, the dominant part of
which is a 3 stage pylon tower to the right: pyramidal lead roof behind a
projecting cornice on brackets, and with small square lights between the
brackets; columns to the sides support elaborate urns; panelled and glazed door
and later cast iron hood; recessed niche on first floor and circular window
above. On the east side of the tower is a corbelled out circular stair turret.
The main part of the house to the east has 2 storeys and a basement: 2-light
round-headed window in plain surround on each floor; circular turret at east end
with a single bay, 2 storey lean-to at the left. The garden elevation has a single,
3-light round headed window on the first floor and a projecting rear wing with
round angle turrets and a 3-light bay window on a corbelled base. Interior:
large open staircase hall. Thomson was employed by the Inigo-Jones or Neeld family
on their main estate at Grittleton, Wiltshire (J. Orbach, personal information).

Listing NGR: ST7008467040

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509641

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)