Falconer | Normal octagonal font | Belton church | Belton House-15 by Paul Dykes

Date Created: 14 November 2018

Author: Paul Dykes - photographer

Source: The Internet

Owner: Paul Dykes, Flickr

Location: Belton Church, England, UK

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Falconer | Normal octagonal font | Belton church | Belton House-15

Heavily restored Norman octagonal font in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Belton.

 

"Belton House[…]has been described as a compilation of all that is finest of Carolean architecture, the only truly vernacular style of architecture that England had produced since the Tudor period. The house has also been described as the most complete example of a typical English country house; the claim has even been made that Belton's principal facade was the inspiration for the modern British motorway signs which give directions to stately homes.

 

"For three hundred years, Belton House was the seat of the Brownlow and Cust family, who had first acquired land in the area in the late 16th century. Between 1685 and 1688 Sir John Brownlow and his wife had the present mansion built. Despite great wealth they chose to build a modest country house rather than a grand contemporary Baroque palace. The contemporary, if provincial, Carolean style was the selected choice of design. However, the new house was fitted with the latest innovations such as sash windows for the principal rooms, and more importantly completely separate areas for the staff. As the Brownlows rose from baronets to barons upward to earls and then once again became barons, successive generations made changes to the interior of the house which reflected their changing social position and tastes, yet the fabric and design of the house changed little.

 

"Following World War I (a period when the Machine Gun Corps was based in the park), the Brownlows, like many of their peers, were faced with mounting financial problems. In 1984 they gave the house away [to the National Trust] complete with most of its contents."

 

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