Belmont House

FAÇADE      The Belmont house is a type of Georgian architecture with its most unique characteristic of having hipped roofs throughout the structure. Georgian era used to have a square symmetrical design which was carried forward from Classical era.

STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS

   

The Georgian architecture used to have two or three storeys in the structure and so does the Belmont house it has a basement, a ground floor and a first floor.

  Building was well built by bricks and the structure is quite strong even after several decades, that was the common practice in Georgian architecture, people started building big strong houses due to accumulation of wealth in the reign of King William.

 One of the most common and distinctive features of Georgian architecture was the main terraced door used to open on the road without being there any porch and same is the situation with the Belmont House as shown in the picture below.

  The common term and the feature used in that era was “dentil work” which is basically a hipped roof moving upward from every side of the building and finishing in a conical shape on the top with having embellished cornices.

WINDOWS

     Due to the reinforcement of the window tax during the Georgian period the designers were trying to reduce the number of windows in the structure, but Georgian buildings always tried to stand the point of accumulation of wealth. So, there were always hefty number of windows in any Georgian structure and so is the case with Belmont house.

    All the Georgian structures showcases a number of windows in the structure which are multi-paneled and allows significant sunlight to enter in the building plus create a nice living environment as well with different surrounding views.

    Similar to its structure the geometrical feature is carried towards the shape of windows as well. First floor windows are generally quite long and rectangular in shape and its gets shorter and squarer as it goes upward to higher levels.

                           

    Another most distinctive feature of Georgian architecture was fan light. A small window opening over the main door which allows the sunlight in the hallway. It was introduced in the late Georgian period and can be found in most of the buildings from

same era. They can be very elaborative or very simple and considered to be one of the status symbol as well. Belmont house have the same feature as well but less elaborative it is just a small rectangular paneled opening on the top of the main entrance.