Building record MLI91231 - 8 The Market Place, Folkingham

Summary

8 The Market Place (The Manor House), Folkingham

Type and Period (4)

  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1650 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1650 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1753 AD to 1753 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1600 AD? to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

PRN 36981 Small country house constructed c. 1650 and altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The house is built of limestone ashlar with some coursed rubble and rendered brick, and a Collyweston tiled roof with some pantiles. Graffito scratched into stone near a doorway reads "E.E. 1753". The house was owned by Lord Clinton, a leading Puritan. The early 18th century gate piers and flanking walls are also listed (PRN 38349). For the full description and the legal address of these listed buildings please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1} There is a tradition that this house was built using materials from the castle (PRN 30067) for the Clinton family. {2} Manor House, Folkingham. Partially extant 17th century farmstead. Regular courtyard of L plan. The farmhouse is attached to a range of working buildings. There has been significant loss (greater than 50%) of traditional buildings. Located within or in association with a village. {4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/80; 154.029 and 2/81; 154.030-1.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. p 511.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). pp 282-83.
  •  Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2015. English Heritage Farmsteads Project. 7093.

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Grid reference Centred TF 07288 33558 (17m by 17m)
Civil Parish FOLKINGHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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