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HER Number:03594/01
Type of record:Building
Name:Bilham Belvedere, Hooton Pagnell

Summary

Summer house, built c1760

Grid Reference:SE 482 061
Map Sheet:SE40NE
Parish:HOOTON PAGNELL, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
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    • Listed Building (II) 1151628: BILHAM BELVERDERE SUMMER HOUSE

    Full Description

    <1> Mid-late 18th century garden building, sited to exploit the views over the surrounding landscape; associated with Bilham Hall (now demolished). Plans for the Belvedere were exhibited by John Rawsthorne at the Royal Academy in 1800, but parts are thought to be earlier - Hunter suggests the 'prospect house' at Bilham was erected by Selwood Hewett in 1758-1789.

    <2> Summer house c.1800 by John Rawstorne for William Hewett of Bilham Hall (demolished). Rubble limestone, roof now collapsed. Single-cell central block of 2 storeys has vaulted undercroft, curved-bay protection to front and lower single-bay side wings. Chamfered quoins. Curved bay: dislodged doorcase retains pediment; shaped panel and band over, upper walling ruined. Central block above has quoined opening with tripartite keyblock. Wing to left has round-arched brick panel and large area of walling missing. Wing to right has standing corner and return wall. Rear: chamfered, rounded arch to undercroft. Intact opening above has projecting sill, quoined architrave and tripartite keyblock. Rusticated round-arched panel to basement of each wing. Return walls of central block retain openings as on lst-floor front. Interior: groined brick vault to undercroft.

    <3> Miller notes "... W. N. W. Hewett, Esq. who has lately, at some distance from his mansion, erected an elegant small structure called Bel-vedere or Belle Vue, which commands, perhaps, the most extensive, but certainly the richest prospect of any place in the West-Riding of Yorkshire".

    <4> Designs for the building exhibited by Rawstorne at the Royal Academy in 1800.

    <5> Excavations were undertaken in 1998. These established a number of construction phases, though firm datingof these phases was not possible.


    <1> de Williams , G.A., 1997, Bilham Belvedere (Unpublished document). SSY187.

    <2> English Heritage, See Record, Listed Buildings Online, LBS no. 334519 (Listed Building record (Greenback)). SSY995.

    <3> Miller, E., 1804, The History and Antiquities of Doncaster and its Vicinity. In: M. Adams, Campsall Quarry: Preliminary Archaeological Investigation, p. 227 (Bibliographic reference). SSY93.

    <4> H. Colvin, 1978, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1800, p. 673 (Bibliographic reference). SSY1023.

    <5> Saich, D., 2002, Archaeology in South Yorkshire 1998/1999., p36-39 (Monograph). SSY430.

    Sources and further reading

    <1>SSY187 - Unpublished document: de Williams , G.A.. 1997. Bilham Belvedere.
    <2>SSY995 - Listed Building record (Greenback): English Heritage. See Record. Listed Buildings Online. LBS no. 334519.
    <3>SSY93 - Bibliographic reference: Miller, E.. 1804. The History and Antiquities of Doncaster and its Vicinity. In: M. Adams, Campsall Quarry: Preliminary Archaeological Investigation. p. 227.
    <4>SSY1023 - Bibliographic reference: H. Colvin. 1978. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1800. p. 673.
    <5>SSY430 - Monograph: Saich, D.. 2002. Archaeology in South Yorkshire 1998/1999.. (single volume). p36-39.

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