Monument record MLI98355 - Gardens and Parkland, Glentworth Hall

Summary

Gardens and parkland associated with Glentworth Hall.

Type and Period (4)

  • (Post Medieval - 1547 AD to 1900 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1567 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1753 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1753 AD to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

Parkland and garden features, including an ornamental lake, associated with Glentworth hall are documented on the early edition Ordnance Survey County Series maps. {1}{2} The architect James Paine was employed in 1753 to undertake an ambitious redesigning of Glentworth Hall and its gardens by Thomas Lumley, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough. The project was not fully completed, however, as the Earl and his family moved to a different house before the rebuilding of Glentworth Hall was finished. Some parts of the design were implemented before the project was abandoned, including the construction of the east wing and the digging of an ornamental lake and possibly other garden features. {3}{4} The area immediately west of Glentworth Hall, though ploughed up, still exhibits traces of terracing and limestone rubble walls forming a regular rectangular layout, presumably of formal gardens likely to go with the late 16th century house. A survey of 1616 speaks of 'a very fayre and spacious howse of freestone with conveniente orchardes gardens' etc. A similar pattern has been recorded in crop and soilmarks. {5}{6}{7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883-1888. 6 Inch County Series Map - First Edition. 1:10560. SK 44 SW.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. SK 44 SW.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Terence R. Leach. 1990. Lincolnshire Country Houses and their Families - Part One. Part One, pp.70-2, figs.45-8.
  •  Report: Tony Sumpter Archaeological Consultancy. 2006. Glentworth Hall: Archaeological Asessment and Post-Excavation Survey. -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. pp viii, 54; archive notes.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2982/12; 2937/20.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK9488: LI.610.5.1-5.

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Grid reference Centred SK 9445 8837 (646m by 701m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish GLENTWORTH, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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