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Latitude: 52.9383 / 52°56'18"N
Longitude: -0.5894 / 0°35'21"W
OS Eastings: 494898
OS Northings: 338814
OS Grid: SK948388
Mapcode National: GBR DPT.V3X
Mapcode Global: WHGKH.XDJR
Plus Code: 9C4XWCQ6+86
Entry Name: Bellmount Tower
Listing Date: 21 September 1979
Last Amended: 14 November 1994
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1194859
English Heritage Legacy ID: 382849
ID on this website: 101194859
Location: Londonthorpe, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, NG32
County: Lincolnshire
District: South Kesteven
Civil Parish: Belton and Manthorpe
Traditional County: Lincolnshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire
Church of England Parish: Belton St Peter and St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Lincoln
BELTON & MANTHORPE
SK93NW BELTON PARK, Belton
1315-0/4/109 (East side)
21/09/79 Bellmount Tower
(Formerly Listed as:
BELTON PARK, Belton
Bellmount Tower at E end of
Bellmount Avenue)
II*
Viewing tower in the form of a tall arch. Mid C18, remodelled
c1780, damaged by fire 1841, restored c1989. By Samuel Smith
and the mason William Grey. Coursed squared stone, partly
rendered, with hipped slate roof topped with a turned wooden
balustrade. Wide coved eaves. 2 stages. Tall round headed
archway with keystone and impost bands. Under the arch, a
rebated round headed doorway on either side. The upper stage
has a Venetian window with bracket keystones to the
sidelights. Above it, 2 small round windows. At the rear,
similar fenestration with a blank Venetian window. On either
side, a stepped brick buttress, that to the right with stair
lights in the angle. The building formerly had wings, which
were removed c1780, on the advice of Philip Yorke.
One of several estate buildings commissioned by Sir John
Brownlow, Viscount Tyrconnel, of Belton House, between 1702
and 1754.
This building appears within Belton Park which is on the
Gardens Register at grade I.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N:
Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 139; Marsden J & Barber A:
Belton House: London: 1985-1987: 42-43).
Listing NGR: SK9489838814
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