Building record MLI91166 - Model Farmstead at the Manor House, Kirmond le Mire

Summary

Model Farmstead at the Manor House, Kirmond le Mire

Type and Period (3)

  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1868 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1868 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD? to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

PRN 55455 Range of farmbuildings built in 1868. Slate roofs with decorated eaves and verges. Single gable and single ridge stack. E-shape plan with two open crew yards and rear two storey range with central taller range terminating in square tower-like pigeoncote with hipped roof and three flight holes, above and below keyed oculus. Built by Christopher Turnor. 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} One of a number of farmsteads built for Christopher Turnor of Stoke Rochford Hall, who inherited about 20,000 acres in Lincolnshire in 1829 and controlled the estate until his death in 1886. About twenty farmsteads were rebuilt either in whole or in part between 1847 and 1870 on recently enclsoed land, with the finest examples dating from the 1860s. As was so often the case they were not designed by an architect but by Turnor's agent, Mr J.Young Macvicar. Their unusual layout, which is typical of the estate, consists of an external U, with an internal E, linked to the outer range through a central straw barn.{2} The Manna House (Manor House), Kirmond Le Mire. Partially extant 19th century farmstead. Regular courtyard of E plan. The farmhouse is attached to a range of working buildings. There has been a partial loss (less than 50%) of traditional buildings. Isolated location. Large modern sheds are located to the side of the site. {3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 7/9B (253.001).
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Wade Martins, S.. 2002. The English Model Farm. Page 142 to 143.
  •  Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2015. English Heritage Farmsteads Project. 2404.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 18815 92664 (75m by 47m) Approximate
Civil Parish KIRMOND LE MIRE, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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