Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow
Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow, of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire, was a British Tory Member of Parliament.
A portrait of Brownlow Cust by Francis Cotes
Belton House, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, inherited in 1779 by 1st Baron Brownlow
Monument to Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow, by Richard Westmacott, in St Peter and St Paul's Church, Belton
Frances, Baroness Brownlow and her eldest son John, double portrait by George Romney
Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish of Belton near Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, built between 1685 and 1687 by Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet. It is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues leading to follies within a larger wooded park. Belton has been described as a compilation of all that is finest of Carolean architecture, said to be the only truly vernacular style of architecture that England had produced since the Tudor period. It is considered to be a complete example of a typical English country house; the claim has even been made that Belton's principal façade was the inspiration for the modern British motorway signs which give directions to stately homes.
Belton House, south front
Portrait of Alice Brownlow, née Sherard, by John Riley
Adelaide, wife of the 3rd Earl Brownlow, in a portrait by Frederick Leighton
The stables, restored by the Trust in 2016 as the restaurant