Great Bealings Parish

The Old Rectory

Built as the rectory for Great Bealings c. 1844, The Old Rectory commands views of St Mary’s Church and the meadows of the Lark valley. In the 1940s, when Little Bealings Rectory in the neighbouring parish became the home of the incumbent, the Great Bealings Rectory was sold and became a private residence. Its most famous resident was Lord Belstead (d. 2005), local farmer, Lord Lieutenant of the County and Minister of State for Northern Ireland and Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher. The house sits centrally in its pleasure grounds. The layout of lawns and meandering paths surrounded by mixed plantings of trees has changed little since the nineteenth century, albeit a new enclosed garden and terrace wrapping around two sides have been more recently been added.
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The Lodge

A classically-styled house built in the early-nineteenth century, The Lodge’s modest grounds developed and expanded during the middle part of the century creating a house surrounded by park-like gardens dotted with freestanding trees which, except for the addition of more trees to supplement original surviving specimens, has changed little since the beginning of the twentieth century. A surviving nineteenth century single-storey cottage-orné style lodge lies at the south-east entrance.
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Great Bealings Hall

The site of the demolished manor house of Great Bealings Hall lies next to the parish church. It became a farmhouse during the eighteenth century and was demolished soon after 1783. Surviving terrace earthworks around the site appear to relate to courtyards and possibly ornamental canals shown on an undated map c. 1700. By 1839 a house on the opposite side of the road had taken the name ‘Great Bealings Hall’, but which is today known as Bealings Hall.
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Bealings House

Remote from the main village settlement areas, late-eighteenth century Bealings House sits in a small park that was enhanced and developed in the early-nineteenth century. The house is in an elevated position facing south with views towards the River Lark, enhanced by an earthwork terrace. Once with an in-and-out drive, today the house is served by one drive, although the ornamental entrance gates survive at the unused entrance. An early-nineteenth century pyramidal garden folly featuring Indian deities stands south-east of the house. A number of mature nineteenth century trees still stand in parkland that has changed little in the last two centuries.
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