Bell Esguard

1898
Name
Bell Esguard
Address
Camí d’en Vives, 29
Location
Sóller
Classification
Civil architecture
Style
Eclectic
Date
1898
Authorship
Unknown
interior open to visitors
No

Ses Torretes is a detached three-storey building with an irregular floor plan that more closely resembles a medieval castle than a stately home. The construction incorporates elements from a wide range of artistic influences, including Arab, Gothic and Mudéjar styles, such as mullioned windows, gargoyles, battlements, arrow slits, and windows with lintels and horseshoe arches.
Notable features include the circular towers, one of four storeys and the other attached to the façade, which recall the keep or watchtower of Bellver. There is also a square tower. The roofs are designed as terraces with battlements and machicolations, similar to those found in the towers of the Almudaina in Palma. Finally, there is also a dwelling built in a traditional style. On the same plot there is a service house, whose façade also shows Mudéjar influences.

Did you know:

The building is the result of the influence of a French emigrant and a local master builder who worked on the project at the end of the 19th century. It was originally a fortified animal-powered mill.

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