Building record MLI94589 - Curlew Lodge, Sutton Bridge
Summary
Early 19th century house built of red brick.
Type and Period (1)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Early 19th century house built of red brick. Features a hipped 20th century concrete tile roof, with overhanging eaves and two lateral chimney stacks. It is of two storeys and has a five-bay front. The central doorway, with panelled and glazed door, has an overlight, panelled reveal and pilastered doorcase with entablature and cornice. Either side are two glazing bar sashes, with five similar sashes above. All the sashes have flat heads and flush wedge lintels. To the rear is a similar two and a half storey, four-bay range with single ridge stack. The doorway to this has a part-glazed door under segmental arch. Attached to this range is a two-storey, probable former granary range. 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. {1}{2}
A brief study of the development of Curlew Lodge and its larger farmstead was included in the programme of historic building recording, conducted in June 2015, prior to the proposed conversion to residential use of some of the former farm buildings. {3}{4}
Curlew Lodge was the late childhood and young adult home of James Bartholomew Banks, during the 1910s and early 1920s. Banks was the son of a local landowning farmer who initially trained for ministry in the Church of England, but enlisted in February 1916 as a private soldier in the 3/28th County of London Battalion (The Artists' Rifles). Appalled by the carnage of the First World War, Banks wished to commemorate the loss and sacrifice of those he served with. Although ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1921, Banks soon left to establish his own fringe Roman Catholic church in Maiden Lane, London. Initially called The Independent Catholic Church, the church was intended to be a commemorative edifice to those who had been lost in the Great War. Styling himself the 'Lord Patriarch and Sovereign Primate', Banks re-organized his church in 1925 as 'The Old Catholic Orthodox Church'. Sometimes known as the 'Patriarch of Sutton Bridge, he gained great local attention in south Lincolnshire. Banks continued to preach and minister in London until his death in 1975. {5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI9215 Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 5/52.
- <2> SLI13386 Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1359247.
- <3> SLI15526 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2015. Curlew Court, Guys Head Road, Sutton Bridge. APS site code: SBCC15.
- <4> SLI15527 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2015. Curlew Court, Guys Head Road, Sutton Bridge. LCNCC 2015.111.
- <5> SLI18877 Article in Serial: 1923. 'Sutton Bridge to London: Farmer's Boy Who Became 'Archbishop'' in the Spalding Guardian. 20/10/1923, p.11.
- <6> SLI18878 Electronic Communication: Adrian Gray. 2024. Information from Adrian Gray. 30/12/2024.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 48437 24599 (24m by 28m) Surveyed |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SUTTON BRIDGE, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2025 8:26AM
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