Belvedere Tower:Ornamental, Garden Building, Sketty, Swansea

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NPRN23067
Map ReferenceSS69SW
Grid ReferenceSS6150492082
Unitary (Local) AuthoritySwansea
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunitySketty
Type Of SiteFOLLY
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. Gothick prospect tower with octagonal plan. Probably designed by William Jernegan of Swansea (early 19th century). Formerly in parkland of (demolished) Sketty Park House (NPRN 19974). Remarkable vaulted interior with central ribbed pier and wall shafts supporting slender ribs to centralised brick vaults.

2. This garden is depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map of Glamorgan XXIII, sheet 11 (1899). C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 17th August 2006.