Central Fountain and Retaining Walls in the Italian Garden North West of Belton House is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1994. Fountain.

Central Fountain and Retaining Walls in the Italian Garden North West of Belton House

WRENN ID
blind-cloister-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1994
Type
Fountain
Address
Central Fountain and Retaining Walls in the Italian Garden North West of Belton House, Belton Park, Belton and Manthorpe
OS grid reference
SK 929 394
Coordinates
52.94449, -0.61849
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The central fountain and retaining walls in the Italian garden, located northwest of Belton House, were designed around 1811 by Jeffry Wyatville. They were reconstructed between 1870 and 1900 by the 3rd Earl Brownlow and underwent alterations around 1940. The fountain features a shallow bowl on a knop stem, set within a round pond. It is enclosed by a low wall that has small pedestals and stepped slab coping. A similar wall surrounds the path, which has four openings for pathways. A cast-iron pergola that once stood here was removed around 1940. This fountain and its walls are part of several estate buildings created by Wyatville for the first Earl Brownlow between 1810 and 1820. The site is situated within Belton Park, which is registered as grade I on the Garden Register.

Local climate

Central Fountain and Retaining Walls in the Italian Garden North West of Belton House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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