See also PRNs 50309 and 53511. The Hansard family held an estate in South Kelsey at least from the early 13th century of the Honour of Lancaster. In 1236 Bishop Grosseteste licensed a chapel in the Hansard manor there. It is not known where this stood but the association with St Mary's rather than St Nicholas's church may suggest that it was in the southern part of the settlement area of South Kelsey. {1} In the earlier medieval period, the land at South Kelsey was in the possession of the priory of Winghale (1.5km south-west). It is in the early 14th century, after the priory's lands were seized by the Crown, that the moated site is believed to have been built, overlying earlier arable fields. The land was granted to King's College, Cambridge in 1441 and subsequently passed to Trinity College: it later passed to the Hansard family, and by the early 16th century was in the possession of the Ayscough family. {3} The moated site comprises two moated islands with external banks. The principal western island is enclosed by a water-filled moat on the north, west and south. It is believed that the broad southern moat arm was widened in the 16th century to create a garden feature. The eastern, now infilled, moat arm survives as a buried feature; it was crossed by a causeway to the former hall, which faced east. The eastern island is enclosed by a water-filled moat to the south; the moat is partly infilled to the east and north. At the south-western corner a causeway crosses the southern moat arm, giving access to the moated site, which in turn led to the causeway forming the main approach to the former hall on the western island. {3} The post medieval turret/dovecote, gateway, the present farmhouse, yard and farm buildings lie outside the scheduled area. All fences, telegraph poles and water troughs are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath them is included. {3}