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Belton boathouse (listed Grade II) is an early work of Anthony Salvin and a rare surviving example of a boathouse in the Swiss style. Having suffered severe decay in the twentieth century, it has now been carefully repaired and restored.
The design of the building uses all the usual main materials of construction but in a decorative manner. The roof is made of Collyweston stone roof tiles, each hand-shaped into a fish-scale; the plastering on the exterior is in a high relief basket-weave pattern; the joinery is all wood-grained and the leaded-light windows have a decorative latticework of lead cames and both tinted and etched glass.
The repair and restoration of the boathouse involved considerable initial study, research and analysis, without which the project would not have been possible. It illustrates how a building in an advanced state of decay can be brought back to life by a well-informed process and skilled craftsmanship.
Belton boathouse (listed Grade II) is an early work of Anthony Salvin and a rare surviving example of a boathouse in the Swiss style. Having suffered severe decay in the twentieth century, it has now been carefully repaired and restored.
The design of the building uses all the usual main materials of construction but in a decorative manner. The roof is made of Collyweston stone roof tiles, each hand-shaped into a fish-scale; the plastering on the exterior is in a high relief basket-weave pattern; the joinery is all wood-grained and the leaded-light windows have a decorative latticework of lead cames and both tinted and etched glass.
The repair and restoration of the boathouse involved considerable initial study, research and analysis, without which the project would not have been possible. It illustrates how a building in an advanced state of decay can be brought back to life by a well-informed process and skilled craftsmanship.
Belton Boathouse
Cox, Nick (author)
Journal of Architectural Conservation ; 15 ; 7-26
2009-01-01
20 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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