Belle Isle
BELLE ISLE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1332574
- Date first listed:
- 08-May-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Belle Isle
- Statutory Address:
- BELLE ISLE
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- Date:
- 1999-08-24
- Reference:
- IOE01/01263/15
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1332574
- Date first listed:
- 08-May-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Belle Isle
- Statutory Address 1:
- BELLE ISLE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BELLE ISLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Windermere
- National Park:
- Lake District
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 39284 96478
Details
BELLE ISLE 1. 1834 Belle Isle (Also known as Island House and Longholme) SD 39 NE 7/41 8.5.50. I 2. Built 1774, designed by John Plaw, it was the first house in the Lake District to be built for picturesque reasons. Unique in having a circular plan. Crowned by a dome with a lantern. Ionic entrance portico of 4 unfluted columns, and Venetian windows in the other cardinal sides. The basement is square, with 3 storeys and attics above in a cylinder. The island was landscaped by Thomas White in the 1780's. See Country Life article.
Listing NGR: SD3928496478
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 351655
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in Country Life, ()
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 9 Cumbria,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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