Description

KENDAL ROAD, BOWNESS 1. 1834 -------------------- Belsfield Hotel SD 4096 3/1 II 2. Early C19 and Victorian. Large mansion in prominent position overlooking the lake from a hill top. Italianate style. The whole front facing the lake has 13 windows on each floor, 3 storeys, stuccoed, with heavy modillioned cornice, quoins, some round-headed windows, a verandah on lake front with slender iron columns and iron cresting. A 4-storey square tower on northern end of front, which also has a 3-storeyed bay window. Windows have moulded stone architraves. Interior has plaster ornamented and gilt ceilings, friezes and cornices, plaster panelled walls and door frames, painted doors with floral cartouche. Iron staircase balustrading with mahogany handrail. Present bar has Adam-style ceiling with octagonal panelling, painted ovals etc.

Listing NGR: SD4024296647

External Links

• Wikidata Q26534095

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