Building record MLI33477 - West Deeping Manor House, West Deeping

Summary

17th century manor house, with sympathetic extensions and additions.

Type and Period (3)

  • (Post Medieval - 1634 AD to 1634 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1634 AD to 1634 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1634 AD to 1634 AD)

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Full Description

The Manor House, West Deeping, is a two-storey rubble house with stone windows, well restored and added to in the same style. Dated 1634. It is described as having been very large and with a moat said in c.1814 to be nearly perfect. Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, was Lord of the Manor in 1388. The west end of the Manor House is well restored original with a plaque '1634', but the building has doubled in size in the 20th century. The 'moats' still exist but are not moats as such, only ornamental ponds with vertical sides. The whole area has been redesigned using the old waterways in part. {1} The Manor House in style belongs rather to Northamptonshire across the river. It is H-shaped and dated 1634. The west front is the only one that has escaped heavy restoration. It has the usual gables over the projecting wings, mullioned windows, a central two-storey porch, also gabled, and a doorway with a flattened head. At the rear, a tall three-storey store or dovecote. {2}{3}{4} For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. WEST DEEPING. TF 10 NW:26,1965, HARPER F R.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. WEST DEEPING. TF 10 NW:AM;AN -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Marrat. 1814. The History of Lincolnshire; Topographical, Historical and Descriptive. VOL 2, p.398.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn, p.791.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 513.014; 10/272.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 11249 08691 (60m by 54m) Surveyed
Civil Parish WEST DEEPING, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Sep 4 2025 11:22AM

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