Monument record MLI60281 - Winkhill Manor and park, north of Heckington

Summary

Winkhill Manor and park, north of Heckington

Type and Period (4)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1066 AD to 1950 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD? to 2050 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

The earthwork at Winkhill, one mile to the north east of Heckington, is the site of a manor house. The first reference to the place-name occurs in 1185 in a document regarding a grant to the Knights Templars. The estate was situated in the territory of Heckington which was a prosperous fen-edge settlement in the Middle Ages. Long before the Conquest it had been an element in a large multiple estate centred upon Sleaford and Kirkby-la-Thorpe. By 1066 the Winkhill estate belonged to Gilbert de Gant. It was probably in desmesne until its grant to the Templars. From that time the land was probably managed as a separate farm. The Templars quit the land of all service in the late thirteenth century, and subsequently it became the nucleus of a large estate built up by the Asty family of Heckington. The house and associated earthworks were presumably built by the early fourteenth century, if not a long time before, as it is mentioned in a documentary source of 1330. The estate remained intact, although somewhat diminished into the twentieth century. The old manor house was approached from the west via a bridge over the moat and is said to have had a gatehouse with a chamber over. It was demolished in 1780 and replaced by a new building on the same site. This in its turn was taken down and a bungalow has been built in recent years. At the east end of the site there are traces of banks which may be the remains of a post medieval garden, although parts of it are disturbed as if by quarrying. Medieval pottery and tile have been found in the field to the immediate west of the site. {3} A park is recorded around the site of Winkhill Manor on the first edition c.1880 and c.1905 Ordnance Survey maps. {7}{8} Winkhill, Heckington. Partially extant 19th century farmstead. Regular courtyard with linked working buildings to all four sides of the yard. The farmhouse is detached from the main working complex. There has been a partial loss (less than 50%) of traditional buildings. Isolated location. Large modern sheds are located on the site. {9}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. HECKINGTON. TF14NW:11 -.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. HECKINGTON. TF14NW:Y -.
  •  Unpublished Document: R.H. Healey and D.R. Roffe. Some Medieval and Later Earthworks in South Lincolnshire. VOL 1 PP87-8.
  •  Unpublished Document: BOND, C.J.. 1979. MOATED SITES RESEARCH GROUP. VOL6 P49.
  •  Unpublished Document: R.H. Healey and D.R. Roffe. Some Medieval and Later Earthworks in South Lincolnshire. VOL2 FIG67.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1946-98. RCHME. 2321-36 TF1445/6.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883-1888. 6 Inch County Series Map - First Edition. 1:10560. TF 14 NW.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-07. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF 14 NW.
  •  Digital Archive: English Heritage / Historic England. 2015. Greater Lincolnshire Farmsteads Project. 7537.

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Grid reference Centred TF 1491 4511 (185m by 357m)
Civil Parish HECKINGTON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Oct 14 2024 8:44AM

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