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Belvoir Castle

British  
/ ˈbiːvə /

noun

  1. a castle in Leicestershire, near Grantham (in Lincolnshire): seat of the Dukes of Rutland; rebuilt by James Wyatt in 1816

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The duchess also spends time hosting a podcast, has presented television programmes including ITV's Castles, Keeps and Country Homes and produced a book about Belvoir Castle.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2022

Between 2003 and 2015, he was private secretary to the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle, a 16,000-acre site of farmland and woodland in Leicestershire.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2016

One was destroyed in a fire at Belvoir Castle in the 19th century, and another was sold to the National Gallery in Washington in the early 20th century.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2012

For more than 200 years the Poussin “Sacraments” hung in Belvoir Castle, the ancestral pile of the Duke of Rutland.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2011

Belvoir Castle, the Leicestershire seat of the Duke of Rutland, stands on a lofty eminence, commanding a magnificent view over the rich vale of Belvoir.

From What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Home, Gordon

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