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The Belvedere

A Grade II Listed Building in Sketty, Swansea

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6105 / 51°36'37"N

Longitude: -4.0016 / 4°0'5"W

OS Eastings: 261501

OS Northings: 192082

OS Grid: SS615920

Mapcode National: GBR GX.CGM2

Mapcode Global: VH4K8.LSD8

Plus Code: 9C3QJX6X+59

Entry Name: The Belvedere

Listing Date: 27 January 1989

Last Amended: 15 November 1993

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11761

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300011761

Location: Ornamental garden building on small overgrown hillock to SW of road, formerly in parkland of (demolished) Sketty Park House.

County: Swansea

Community: Sketty (Sgeti)

Community: Sketty

Built-Up Area: Swansea

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Probably designed by William Jernagen, architect, of Swansea, who designed Sketty Park House (1806).

Exterior

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.

Interior

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

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