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Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish of Belton near Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, built between 1685 and 1687 by Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet. It is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues leading to follies within a larger wooded park .
The Saxon meaning of Belton is "a bell-shaped hollow". [citation needed] The village is significant for the 1686 Grade I listed Belton House. [2] [3] The house is the property of the National Trust and is open to the public. [4] A church at Belton is recorded in the Domesday Book.
Its restoration in 2008, carried out under the auspices of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, which now owns Belton House, made use of traditional materials and craftsmanship [3] and has won a number of awards. [4] The boathouse is a Grade II listed building. [2]
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The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Belton, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire is a functioning parish church and a Grade I listed building.Since the 17th century, the church has served as the estate church for Belton House and it holds a notable collection of funerary monuments commemorating members of the Brownlow family.
Belton House is a country house near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. The mansion is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues leading to follies within a greater wooded park . Belton has been described as a compilation of all that is finest of Carolean architecture, the only truly vernacular style of architecture that England had ...
The Prince spent many weekends at Brownlow's country house, Belton House, but it is not known whether his future wife, Wallis Simpson, ever spent time at Belton. Upon Edward VIII's accession to the throne, Lord Brownlow became heavily involved in the abdication crisis which followed the new King's intention to marry Simpson.
Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1594–24 November 1679) of Belton, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, was twice Sheriff of Lincolnshire [1] and on 26 July 1641 was created a baronet "of Belton in the County of Lincoln". He died without progeny when his baronetcy became extinct.