Monument to Viscount Alford in Belton Park Golf Club is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. Monument.

Monument to Viscount Alford in Belton Park Golf Club

WRENN ID
young-floor-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to Viscount Alford in Belton Park Golf Club, Londonthorpe Road, Londonthorpe, Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without
OS grid reference
SK 930 386
Coordinates
52.93676, -0.61683
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to Viscount Alford, located in Belton Park Golf Club, was built around 1852. It is made of ashlar stone and features a circular pier on a double plinth that supports an urn, which is richly decorated with fruit and flowers. On either side of the decoration, there are a pair of animal heads, and the top of the urn is encircled with vine leaves and grapes. An inscription in Roman capitals is found on the south side of the pillar, which reads: "Vale! Mi Fili Dilectissime Has Inter Arbores Feliciore Olim Auspicio Tuo Nomini Consecretas Contra Votum Flens Hoc Posui Pater Infelix."

Local climate

Monument to Viscount Alford in Belton Park Golf Club 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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