Description

BELTON & MANTHORPE
SK9239 BELTON PARK, Belton
1315-0/8/75 (West side)
21/09/79 Entrance gates and railings to The
Wilderness, 150m west of Belton
House
(Formerly Listed as:
BELTON PARK, Belton
Railings, piers and gates at
entrance to the Wilderness W of
Belton House)
GV II*

Entrance gateway and railings on the west side of Belton House
Drive. Early C18, resited mid C18, and extended C19. L-plan.
Wrought-iron gate with side screens and overthrow with crest,
flanked by 3 bays of railing with ornamental panels, on a
stone plinth. Beyond, square ashlar piers with plinths,
blind-arcaded tops and moulded cornices, topped with urns.
Beyond, to north, bordering Belton House Drive, a C19
cast-iron spearhead railing with stone plinth and square
piers, approx 150m long. To the south east, a similar railing,
approx loom long, with an off-centre double gateway and square
ashlar piers. At the east end, a smaller gate.
The main gateway was formerly at Hough Hall.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N:
Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 139).

Listing NGR: SK9281639346

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550107

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas