Description

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121/4/200 TYNTESFIELD PARK
16-MAR-84 BELMONT HOUSE AND RACQUETS COURT

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Small country house. Late C18, altered C19. Rendered brick and stone with ashlar dressings; slate roof behind moulded cornice and blocking course. 2 storeys. 3:3:3 bays with the centre 3 slightly advanced. Glazing bar sash windows; 9 panes over 12 on the ground floor; the ground floor windows of the centre section are late C19 or early C20 large pane windows under fanlights and in round-headed moulded surrounds with imposts and keystones - these windows are between Tuscan columns in antis with a plain entablature and cornice. Central panelled door. South-east elevation is 7 bays with the outer 2 advanced with tripartite windows and projecting square bay windows; the centre 5 windows are divided by pilasters; central door under flat hood on brackets. In the centre of the house is a late C19 private racquets court: cast-iron roof trusses.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26421897

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey