Belsay Hall was a modern villa with a comfortable library, drawing room and dining room built to overlook a romantic prospect to the south. But its owner, Sir Charles Monck, was obsessed by ancient Greece and owned every book published on Greek architecture. So the details inside and out were derived from the Classical buildings which he had seen on his honeymoon in Athens. Work began on the house in 1807 and finished in 1817. *
*From the English Heritage guide book.
Hello Cherie….first of all you have captured these shots perfectly with good lighting….but i have a question about Sir Charles Monck”s reason for having two slabs of stone hanging outside what looks like a window…..there seems to be no railing…..it sort of reminds me of walking the plank off of a ship:)….peter:)
The slabs of stone are an upstairs fireplace. The floors are no longer intact. I would not like to be stood near to the edge on that slab
What happened to the original floors?!
I can see the floor beam supports but where are the floors…
Did the council demolish them?
The telephone engineer is coming to install my internet connection on the 11 July 2011.
Seems like forever…
I am not sure what happened to the floors, but I found it fascinating to see the overview of that section.
That does seem a long time, but! At least you can look forward to be connected up soon