Listed Building record MWX323 - Belfield House, Belfield Park Avenue, Weymouth

Country house in own grounds built in about 1775 to designs of John Crunden, by Isaac Buxton for his wife; the SE front and Drawing Room were reconstructed in the early nineteenth century, and there is a late nineteenth century conservatory. The main walls of the building are of yellow brick in Flemish bond, with stone dressings and some rendering, and it has a slate roof.

Belfield House (Belfield Park Avenue, formerly listed under Buxton Road). Circa 1780-85. Evidently an important country house; designed by John Crumden. <1-3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 340-341 (Monograph). SDO150.

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 456 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Department of the Environment, 14 June 1974, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Weymouth and Portland 1974, 6 (Scheduling record). SWX1839.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 1:1250, 1979 (Map). SWX1844.

Belfield House [NAT]

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 867958 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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