Beltwood House
| Beltwood House | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Mansion |
| Address | 41 Sydenham Hill, Camberwell, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°25′58″N 0°04′19″W / 51.4327°N 0.0720°WCoordinates: 51°25′58″N 0°04′19″W / 51.4327°N 0.0720°W |
| Completed | 1851 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Grounds | 1.24 hectares (3.1 acres) |
| Designations | Grade II listed |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 50 |
Beltwood House is a Grade II listed building within the Dulwich Wood Conservation Area in south London, England. The large three-storey mansion has fifty rooms and stands in 1.24 hectares (3.1 acres) of wooded grounds, with gatekeeper's lodge, mews courtyard cottages, stables and a stable apartment, a tennis court and a croquet lawn. The site has been subject to a blanket tree preservation order since 1985.
The main house faces south-south-east and includes over 1000 m2 floor space over four floors, including the basement. Two buildings are located northeast of the main house: the Lodge House, residential with 71 m2 floor space over two floors; and the Stable Block which has 95 m2 of ground floor garage space and 57 m2 of first floor residential space. The front of the main house looks southwards over formal gardens. The Gate House, a separate two-storey residential property (92 m2), is located in the southwest of the grounds, close to the entrance off Sydenham Hill.
An old railway tunnel runs under the estate. On 24 March 1864 the first owner of Beltwood granted "the right of the London Chatham and Dover Railway Company to maintain and use the existing tunnel thereunder." The tunnel was on the railway line from Peckham Rye to Crystal Palace which had been authorised in 1862 and opened in 1865, catering for the expected large numbers of visitors to Crystal Palace. The line closed in 1954 and was dismantled.
The house was built for London Solicitor Edward Saxton and his wife in 1851, possibly by Dulwich College estate architects Banks and Barry. Saxton moved from Islington before the 1851 census, and their daughter was born at Beltwood on 18 March 1852. They had several children while living in Beltwood. A book written by Maria J. Saxton Salès published in 1886 bears the address "Beltwood, Sydenham Hill".
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