Site named 'Belle Vue'. (1)

Site of current building marked by a copse on Sanderson. Brick kilns marked nearby were probably associated with its construction. Datestone reads 1837. (2)

Current building built c. 1837 by Alfred Fellows. The bricks were made on site using Keuper merl excavated from the pond which is now the first green. The west wing may have been added c. 1885. Source claims the house was sold to Frank Bowden of Raleigh Cycles in 1910. Under the Bowden family the billiard room wing and lodge on Wollaton road (MNT24942) were built in the early 20th century. The estate was sold to the Mitchell family in 1923 who remained the owners until 2024. (3) (4)

It is possible that John Fellows snr, who died in 1791, had already built a small house on this land but there is no record of this. John Fellows jnr certainly built a house on the site of the current clubhouse but it is assumed that this was demolished in the rebuilding of 1837. (4)

Photographic record of the billiards room shows features including oak panelling to about door-head height, a plain upper wall with a timber-bracketed frieze, a deep-relief plaster ceiling, and plaster chimneypiece (featuring possibly the Bowden family crest but unconfirmed). Consistent with Jacobean-revival style. (3)

See M529 for associated brick kilns.

Stuart Lunn, 2026, Old Drive, Belle Vue Estate, Bramcote: Survey (Unpublished document). SNT6437.

<1> Sanderson G, 1835, 20 miles around Mansfield - 2 in (Map). SNT48.

<2> White J, 2002, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1529.

<3> Stuart Lunn, 2026, Beeston Fields House, Interior Features (Unpublished document). SNT6467.

<4> Dick Hutchinson (ed.), 1998, Beeston Fields Golf Club from the Early Days to 1998 (Published document). SNT6468.