It is in 12 acres of parkland beside the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland, approximately 10 km (6 miles) from Navan.

[2] The lands and property seem to have come into the ownership of John Preston and family in 1743 upon the death of Charles Ford unmarried in London.

[6] In 1892 the property was bequeathed by John Joseph Preston to Gustavus Briscoe, a family friend and High Sheriff of Meath in 1897, who once rode a horse up the stairs at Bellinter which then refused to come down and had to be winched down three weeks later.

After being left vacant for a time, the house itself, with 12 acres of land, became home to the Sisters of Sion in 1965.

Adjoining the main part of the building and connected by single story arcades are two storey wings, creating a courtyard.