Belair Park

The park grounds once belonged to Belair House, a country villa built in Adam style that is now a Grade II listed building.

[1] There are also two other Grade II listed structures within the park: the lodge and entrance gate,[2] and an old stable building.

It has recently been refurbished with upgraded tennis courts and the addition of a skate board facility.

Willes, a maize farmer of Whitechapel, erected a house, possibly with help from Robert Adam, but more likely from Henry Holland.

After John Willes' death in 1818, solicitor Charles Ranken acquired the property and renamed the house Belair.

Charles Hutton, a wool merchant and sheriff of London and Middlesex, purchased the remainder of the lease.

However, the house fell into disrepair when Hutton's Berlin wool business started to lose money.

Gary Cady took over the running of Belair House and oversaw a complete refurbishment of the entire building, turning it into a restaurant and bar.