Description

ST 86 SW
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BRADFORD-ON-AVON
BELCOMBE ROAD(north side)Garden walls and attached outbuildings and Belenus Shrine, to N of Belcombe Court)

GII
Garden walls and attached outbuildings and Belenus Shrine.1740s for Francis Yerbury, with later alterations;Belenus Shrine of 1840s for John Yerbury.Coursed limestone rubble with dressed quoins;Belenus Shrine of limestone ashlar.Garden walls with ashlar coping,of approx 45 x 75 m,has stone lintel over doorway to SW and early C19 shed with stone-coped pantile roof and chamfered square-headed door to S;stable to S of S wall has stone-coped gabled pantile roof:two-storey,four-window range south elevation has C19 door set in chamfered stone architrave and diamond-latticed casements set in two-light chamfered stone-mullioned ground-floor windows and large one-light first-floor windows.Belenus Shrine to SW in Classical style:west front has shaped gable with scrolled coping set above full entablature and pediment over doorway with Tuscan pilasters and flanking windows.Scrolled caps to antefixae of front and side gables,in Indian style.Wall,ramped with square-headed doorway,runs from Belenus Shrine to NW corner of Belcombe Court(q.v.).Belenus Shrine said to have been built for John Yerbury after his return from the first Seikh War in 1841.

Listing NGR: ST8174860664

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544847

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (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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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)