insideKENT Magazine Issue 55 - October 2016 | Page 96

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Belmont House & Gardens, FAVERSHAM
The beautiful Georgian house of Belmont, amid its parkland, commands stunning views
of the rolling Kent countryside and is a completely unspoilt and distinctive example of the
work of the architect Samuel Wyatt.
Belmont contains fabulous mementos of the family's history and travels –
paintings, furniture, Indian silverware and perhaps the finest private clock
collection in the country. There is also a unique collection of watercolour
landscape paintings set in the West Indies by the Trinidadian artist Michel
Jean Cazabon (1813-1888). The paintings were commissioned by the 3rd
Lord Harris when he was Governor of Trinidad.

grown for the house. The walled garden to the rear of the stable yard is
another intimate enclosed garden with long borders of annuals and perennials.

The gardens are full of interest throughout every season; the kitchen garden
originally designed by Lady Arabella Lennox-Boyd, is a wonderful mix of
traditional and modern gardening: a beautiful Victorian Greenhouse, figs
pleached on the walls, arbours festooned in golden hops, and an abundance
of soft fruits, traditional apples and pears along with a variety of vegetables

The house can be viewed by guided tour on Wednesdays, Saturdays and
Sundays from April to September. Gardens are open all year round.

During the year Belmont hosts a wide variety of events from cookery
demonstrations and bushcraft days to open-air theatre and seasonal
fairs/markets. Please check the website for the most up to date information.

www.belmont-house.org

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