Description

BARROWBY
SK8736 CHURCH STREET
1315-0/12/9 (West side (off))
19/02/52 Barrowby Old Hall
II

House. c1600, remodelled early C19, incoporating medieval
fragments, perhaps from an earlier house, and mid C19 brick
additions. Coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and
Collyweston slate and concrete tile roofs. 3 coped ashlar
gable stacks, that to the left gable external. Quoins, wooden
eaves board and gutter brackets.
2 storeys. L-plan. First floor windows are mainly 9-pane
sashes in 4-centred arched recesses.
Entrance front, 4 windows, has irregular fenestration. To
left, a cusped single lancet with moulded surround. Below, a
central, cusped, 2-light window with 4-centred arch. To right,
a large 16-pane sash with C16 moulded surround and label
mould. To its right, a C19 doorway with 4-centred arch. Other
windows C19. Right wing has 2 reset mask corbels, and above
them a C19 3-light casement. Below, to left, a cusped single
lancet in a coved square headed surround. To its right, a
large late C20 window.
Garden front, 7 windows, has a slightly off-centre external
shouldered ashlar stack, flanked to left by 4 windows and to
right by 3. 2 windows at the left end have segmental heads.
Below, the stack is flanked to right by a tall 12-pane sash,
then a cusped 2-light window. To left, a 9-pane window. All
these openings have 4-centred arched recesses. To left again,
a moulded pointed arched doorway with hood mould, then 3 large
segment headed 16-pane sashes.
Attached to the left gable, a C19 lead water pump with wooden
case.
Interior: entrance hall has C16 gable headed doorway to garden
front, and early C19 dogleg stair with winder and landing.
Double stick balusters and ramped scrolled handrail. Central
hall has 4-centred arched doorway, full height linenfold
panelling and moulded beams. 4-centred arched fireplace with
cable moulding. The room above is said to have a similar
fireplace.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N:
Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 119).

Listing NGR: SK8777936438

Selected Sources

• Pevsner, N, Harris, J, Antram, N, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1989), 119

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