Description

SY 08 NE
3/29
11.11.52

COLATON RALEIGH
The Belvedere including boundary walls

II

Tower. Circa 1840, according to Hoskins it was built by Louisa Lady Rolle as a
birthday gift to her husband. Stucco on stone rubble and brick, some Beerstone
detail; roof material unknown.
Tall octagonal tower, 3 storeys high, with square stair turret projecting from the
north-western side. Entrance on north-eastern side. Tudor Gothic style.
Tower has large battered plinth which continues round the porch and stair turret.
At the top is a moulded eaves cornice with an embattled parapet. The stair turret
rises a little higher with its own cornice and embattled parapet. All the windows
are rectangular with deep external splays. There are few ground floor windows, more
on the first floor but the second floor has windows on all sides. The larger are
mullion-and-transom, the smaller only transomed and have glazing bars. The second
floor windows have hoodmoulds with carved labels. The only first floor window with
a hoodmould is on the south-eastern side. The porch has a moulded eaves cornice and
embattled parapet. The doorway is a flat Tudor arch with a broad chamfered surround
at the top of a flight of steps. The door itself is boarded up at present. On the
opposite (south-western) side there is a service extension very like the porch. The
tower has an external doorway on is north-eastern side; another Tudor arch with a
Beerstone medallion over containing the Rolle arms.
Interior not inspected.
The tower stands on a small octagonal terrace fenced in by low walls with embattled
parapet. They are built of local conglomerate stone rubble with weathered coping.
The entrance on the north-east side has granite steps.
Hoskins calls this the China Tower since it originally housed a magnificent
collection of china from all over the world. It is set in a game wood and obviously
serves as a wonderful watch tower. It also provides a landscape feature from Bicton
House (q.v.).
Source: W G Hoskins, Devon, (1954) p.335.

Listing NGR: SY0660487067

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570508

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)