Building record MLI88322 - The Fort, Ashby de la Launde
Summary
Pair of estate cottages, built c.1840 in the Gothick style.
Type and Period (1)
- ESTATE COTTAGE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1840 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
In the Main Street are a range of picturesque Gothick cottages of c.1840, with fish-scale tiles and fretted bargeboards. {1}
Pair of estate cottages, built c.1840 in the Gothick style. Constructed of coursed limestone rubble, and featuring a fishscale tile roof with pronounced curvy barge boards, and a pair of octagonal brick ridge chimney stacks. The building is single storey plus attic, and has a five-bay south front with central pointed doorway with plank door, and either side two pointed windows with Y-tracery frames. All these openings have plain, bold rubble surrounds. Above are two gabled dormers also with curvy barge boards and pointed windows with Y-tracery frames and casements. The cottages were built for John William King of Ashby Hall. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {2}{3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.106.
- <2> SLI7639 Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 4/4.
- <3> SLI13386 Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1360598.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 05784 54954 (22m by 15m) Surveyed |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ASHBY DE LA LAUNDE AND BLOXHOLM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Sep 21 2026 9:03AM
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