Boathouse At The South End Of Boathouse Pond 600 Metres East Of Belton House

BELTON & MANTHORPE SK9339 BELTON PARK, Belton 1315-0/9/107 (North East side) Boathouse at the south end of Boathouse Pond, 600m east of Belton House GV II

Boathouse in the style of a Swiss chalet. 1838-9. By Anthony Salvin. Timber frame with brick nogging, rendered and pargetted. Temporary roof of corrugated iron. Panelled square brick ridge stack. Single storey. On either side, 3 narrow windows, those towards the lake being larger. At the landward end, a moulded doorcase with a Tudor arched weatherstripped door. The opposite end of the building is ruinous, and the whole structure is supported by scaffolding. It was intended as an elaborate landing stage and garden house, rather than a boat store. One of several estate buildings by Salvin for the first Earl Brownlow, c1838-9. This building appears within Belton Park which is on the Gardens Register at grade I. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 139; Allibone J: Anthony Salvin: Cambridge: 1988-: 163).

Listing NGR: SK9348739323