Belle Vue House Belle Vue House And Flats

Belle Vue House and Flats is a house that was formerly a country club, dating from the early 18th century, with possible earlier elements. It underwent alterations and additions in 1909. The front elevation features roughly coursed stone with brick window dressings at the ground floor, while the first floor is constructed of red brick with vitreous headers in a mixed bond. The right return elevation is stone at the ground floor and red brick in Flemish bond above. The building has a plain tile roof and stands two storeys high on a stone plinth. The right return elevation includes a brick plat band and a dentilled brick eaves cornice. The hipped roof has the right hip returning, with rear stacks on both sides, a central brick ridge stack, and two gable end stacks to the right.

The fenestration is irregular, featuring five slightly-recessed sashes: one 12-pane, one 8-pane, one wood mullion window with two 12-pane sashes, and two tripartite sashes. The ground floor has similar windows, but the 1909 alterations introduced bow windows under tripartite sashes. There is a splayed rectangular window with two iron bars on the left gable end at the ground floor. A half-glazed door beneath the stack has a moulded rounded hood on consoles and a panelled architrave, with a datestone from 1706 possibly re-set above it.

To the right, there is a short rear return wing featuring a panelled door from 1909 under a Doric porch. A later rear range runs parallel to the front, and there is a 19th-century rear service wing on the left. The garden front displays Doric colonnades from 1909. The interior has been partly inspected and reveals fragments of 18th-century cornice and panelling, as well as a staggered butt-purlin roof. General Sir John Moore resided here while commanding troops training at Shorncliffe Camp from 1803 to 1806.