Building record MLI96857 - Greetwell Hall, Greetwell

Summary

A small country house dating from the late 17th century.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1650 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD? to 2050 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Full Description

Greetwell Hall is probably Jacobean, with remains of mullioned windows, L-shaped, with an addition of the nineteenth century, the date of the windows replacing the mullioned ones. Plans for rebuilding the house were made by John M. Hooker in 1881. The lodge is dated 1856. {1}{2} A small country house dating from the late 17th century which underwent alterations in the early 18th, early 19th and mid 19th century. It was constructed of coursed limestone, ironstone rubble, limestone and ironstone ashlar, stock brick and some red brick. It has slate roofs with three ridge stacks, a single gable stack and two projecting lateral stacks. 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. {3} Greetwell Hall, Greetwell. Partially extant 19th century farmstead. Regular courtyard of L plan. The farmhouse is detached from the main working complex. There has been a partial loss (less than 50%) of traditional buildings. Located within a Church and/or Manor farm group. {4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.335.
  •  Index: SMR FILE GREETWELL. GREETWELL. TF 07 SW; BK, 1977, AJW.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1986. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 3/37.
  •  Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2015. English Heritage Farmsteads Project. 4596.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 0135 7155 (31m by 20m)
Civil Parish GREETWELL, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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