Building record MLI84518 - Ashby Hall, Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm

Summary

Ashby Hall, Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1595 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1595 AD?)

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[This record is for the house only. For a history of Ashby Hall and its surrounding gardens, see MLI89154] Country house now country club. Constructed in the early and late sixteenth century by Edward King. Built from coursed limestone rubble and ashlar with a fishscale tile roof with coped gables, kneelers and finials plus a pierced quarterfoil paprapet. It was much rebuilt in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 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} Ashby Hall is much altered, with the exterior encased in the 19th century. Basically it is a U-plan house, but of this U-plan the west range is E-plan, i.e it has three projections to the west. The front looks mostly 19th century and has a re-set two-storey porch with crockets and obelisks. The entrance has Doric columns and an equilateral pediment, dated to 1595. At the south end of the east front is a nicely rounded 18th century bow. At the first floor level is an unexplained 16th century doorway, apparently in situ, with a four centred arch. Another appears inside. The interior shows evidence for early 18th century remodelling, with bolection-moulded fireplace and keyed arches. {2} Ashby Hall. Part dating from 1595 and built by Edward King. Much rebuilt on the late 18th and 19th centuries. {3} A large, romantic-looking ancient stone mansion, with mullioned windows, gables and elaborate chimneys. A date carved in stone on a porch claims '1595', although the date is not convincing. Indeed the whole hard-fronted edifice appears not sixteenth-century, but nineteenth. Again on the south front there is a handsome stone bow window displaying Georgian sashes. {4} Aerial photograph depicting the west facing side of Ashby Hall and the attached stable block (MLI88315) and associated hexagonal walled garden (MLI88318). {5} A historic building survey was undertaken on modern extensions to the hall in 2017. The extensions were believed to date to the 1960s or 1970s and comprised infill to the central courtyard and a ballroom extension to the eastern elevation. The courtyard infill consisted of a toilet block, two storage rooms, and several corridors linking the east and west sides of the hall, and was built in modern red brick in Stretcher Bond, under flat felt roofs. The Oak Room's west elevation was also extended at this time, with new modern wood panelling added to the walls. The ballroom extension, which necessitated the removal of three 19th century bay windows seen in historic photos of the hall, was constructed of yellow brick in Stretcher Bond, under a flat felt roof. Both extensions have since been demolished. {6}{7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/7.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.106.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 05 NE: AJ.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Henry Thorold. 1999. Lincolnshire Houses. pp.111-2.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. AWX9.
  •  Report: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2017. Ashby Hall, Main Street, Ashby de la Launde. AAL Site Code: ASAS 17.
  •  Website: Google. 2001->. Google Earth, Maps and Street View. Accessed 03/01/2024.

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Grid reference Centred TF 05257 55298 (31m by 44m)
Civil Parish ASHBY DE LA LAUNDE AND BLOXHOLM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Jan 3 2024 10:48AM

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