The Belvedere, 250 Yards South West of Claremont House is a Grade II* listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1953. Belvedere.

The Belvedere, 250 Yards South West of Claremont House

WRENN ID
calm-newel-swallow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Elmbridge
Constituency
Esher and Walton MP: Monica Harding (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 1953
Type
Belvedere
OS grid reference
TQ 133 632
Coordinates
51.35735, -0.37402
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Belvedere, located 250 yards southwest of Claremont House in Esher, is a belvedere built around 1716 by Sir John Vanbrugh. It is constructed of colourwashed brick and features a tiled roof. The building has an H shape with four square, three-stage, battlemented corner towers. The central section has two storeys, with three bays on each side that include mostly blocked arched windows beneath projecting brick imposts, which continue as plat bands around the structure. The cills are rendered and project outward. There is a blocked arched door at the south corner, set within a vaulted porch recess. At the time of the last survey, the belvedere was in a dilapidated state.

Local climate

The Belvedere, 250 Yards South West of Claremont 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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