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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 Mount's main house was inspired by the 17th-century Belton House in England, with additional influences from classical Italian and French architecture. Edith Wharton used the principles described in her first book, The Decoration of Houses (1897, co-authored with Ogden Codman, Jr.), when she designed the house. She thought that good ...
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; part of Belton Commercial Historic District 22: Cornelison House: Cornelison House: December 26, 1990 : 1102 N. Pearl St. Belton: Historic and Architectural Resources of Belton MPS 23: Davis House: Davis House
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.
Belton parish boundaries include the hamlets of Beltoft, Sandtoft, Churchtown, Bracon, Carrhouse, Mosswood, Grey Green and Westgate. Within the parish is the now dispersed country house estate of Temple Belwood. Hirst Priory at Sandtoft still stands. At the 1991 Census, Belton had a population of 2,549, increasing to 2,968 at the 2011 census. [2]
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.
John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, owner of Belton House from 1807 to 1853 commissioned Salvin to undertake improvements to the Belton Estate in 1838. [1] Salvin's additions included a public house, a cross in Belton Village, cottages and houses for a gamekeeper and a blacksmith, a hermitage and the boathouse on Boathouse Pond. [1]
Belton House in Lincolnshire is the main location for King George's residence in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. Filming took place in the Orangery, Italian Garden and Marble Hall.Prices ...