Building record MLI89101 - South Rauceby Hall
Summary
South Rauceby Hall
Type and Period (1)
- COUNTRY HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1842 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 64066
Country House built in 1842, with some minor 20th century alterations. By William Burn for A. Peacock Wilson in Jacobethan style. Limestone ashlar with pecked and plain finishes, slate roofs with raised stone coped gables and obelisk finials. Six banks of square and octagonal wall and ridge stacks with moulded cornices. T-shape in plan, two storeys high and irregular six bay front with plinth, moulded string course and cornice with pierced parapet to the right. The entry bay is advanced and gabled with to the left a further advanced bay and an octagonal tower with ogee lead roof. To right is a rectangular bay. The interior retains the original marble chimneypieces in a variety of 18th century and foreign styles. The dogleg staircase has single 17th century style twisted balusters to each tread, and above is a 18th century style oval glazing bar skylight. To left rear is the former stable court and trap houses. 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}
By William Burn, 1842, for A.Peacock Wilson. The style is Tudor Gothic with gables and strapwork bits. As against Revesby and Stoke Rochford, the Baroque element is largely absent. Burn's chimneypieces are as usual remarkable; in the drawing room is one with termini and a acroterion frieze, in imitation of an early georgian manner.{2}
A delightful lane leads to the gates of the house. This was built in 1842 by William Burn for Anthony Peacock, the Sleaford banker and MP who in 1851 assumed the name of Wilson (his mother's maiden name). The house still belongs to his descendants (2000).{3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI5596 Index: Department of the Environment. 1990. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/104 (415.018).
- <2> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). page 667.
- <3> SLI6929 Bibliographic Reference: Thorold, Henry. 1999. Lincolnshire Houses. page 163.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 02866 45888 (38m by 90m) Centre |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOUTH RAUCEBY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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