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Revision as of 15:24, 3 March 2006 by Lawsonrob (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Belton House is a stately home near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, in the care of the National Trust.
History
Seventeenth century
The house was built between 1685 and 1688 for Sir John Brownlow. It is one of the finest examples of Restoration style architecture, and is often considered to be the epitome of the English country house.
The gardens are expansive, measuring 36 acres (14 ha), and semi-formal, with a wide range of features of various periods and styles. Among the more notable are the orangery and the ice house with its lake.
The park is extensive, including valley bottom and hillside land.
Modern
When the Machine Gun Corps was established in 1915, its home headquarters and base training ground were established in the southern part of the park. The flat bottom and rising sides of the Witham valley here, where the river passes between the Lower Lincolnshire Limestone and the Upper Lias mudstone, made it possible to establish ranges and depot close to good communications in the form of the Great North Road and the east coast main line railway station at Grantham. The depot was closed in 1919 and land was restored to its owner, Lord Brownlow, as the process of removing the temporary buildings progressed.
Trivia
- The house featured as Lady Catherine de Bourgh's residence, Rosings Park, in the BBC's 1995 television version of Pride and Prejudice.
- The house was the setting for the BBC's 1998 adaptation of Moondial.
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