Building record MLI80449 - The Jungle, Eagle

Summary

Former farmhouse with folly façade, built c.1820. The farmhouse was demolished c.1976, with a larger country house built in its place, and only the western façade of the former structure remains extant.

Type and Period (3)

  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1820 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1820 AD to 1976 AD)
  • (Late 20th Century to 21st Century - 1976 AD to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

Farmhouse with folly façade, built c.1820 by Samuel Russell Collett. The façade is in the form of a sham castle built of overburnt bricks run together into vitreous masses. The building is of 2 storeys, with hipped slate roofs. The façade has a square turret at one end, a half-round turret at the other end, and 3 window bays between with a central single-storey semi-circular porch. The window and door frames are made of oak branches forming rough gothic ogee arches with twin lights with crazy Y-bars and leaded panes. The branches forming the frames of the doorway and window above almost rejoin at the sill forming an oval shape. The south turret has arrow-slits. The north turret has pointed arch windows with sashes complete with glazing bars. The contemporary brick-built farmhouse behind has some similar windows and a new tile roof. 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. {1} Samuel Russell Collett established a small private zoo in the parkland around the Jungle (see MLI125990). The farmhouse behind the façade was demolished in about 1976, with a new country house built in its place. Only the western façade of the former structure remains extant. {2}{3}{4} The list description was amended on the 19th of April 2022, to better reflect the surviving historical interest of the structure. The façade is situated to the west side of the building and is orientated on a north-south axis. It is built of overburnt brick rubble with timber and stone dressings, and takes the form of a sham castle set over two storeys. The façade is roughly crenelated, with square and half round turrets at either end. The square, south turret has arrow slits. The north, half round turret has pointed arch windows with sashes complete with glazing bars. In the centre is a bowed porch featuring a low, teardrop shaped door. To the left of the porch is a doorway through a pointed stone arch. The window and door frames between the turrets are made of oak branches forming rough gothick ogee arches with crazed leaded lights within Y-bars. The branches forming the frame of the window above the porch join at the sill forming an oval shape. The 1976 building to the rear of the façade is not included in the listing. {5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/8.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.262.
  •  Article in Serial: Terence R. Leach. 1988. 'Kangaroos in Lincolnshire' in the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Newsletter. no.56 (April 1988), pp.23-4.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. SK 86 NE.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1061998.

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Grid reference Centred SK 88340 68623 (56m by 46m) Surveyed
Civil Parish EAGLE AND SWINETHORPE, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Apr 20 2022 3:21PM

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