Description

TF 2669 HORNCASTLE LOUTH ROAD
(west side)

7/49 The Old Court House

G.V. II

Courthouse now job centre. 1865. Stock brick with limestone
ashlar dressings. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and
large, ashlar, scrolled brackets, and 4 hip stacks. Two and a
half storey, 3 bay front flanked by single, 2 storey bays with
semi-circular south-west and south-east corners. Ground floor
with rusticated brick bands and first floor ashlar band with
brick dentillation. Central 3 bays project slightly and are
defined by ashlar quoins, those on the ground floor with tooled
decoration. 3 central plain sashes with margin lights, segmental
heads, rusticated brick heads and raised ashlar keystones. A
similar window in the single bay to left; in the right hand bay,
a single, slit, fixed light. Doorway beyond, situated on semi-
circular corner, with flanking, freestanding Doric columns with
entablatures, moulded ashlar doorcase with segmental brick
rusticated head above, and raised ashlar keystone, overlight and
double panelled door. First floor with 3 central plain sashes
with margin lights, semi-circular heads, eared and shouldered
ashlar architraves rising round head to raised keystone. Single
plain sash with margin lights, to left and right, both with
segmental heads, and eared and shouldered ashlar architraves.
Beneath the window on the south-east corner, and above the
doorway is a large stone royal coat of arms supported by a
rampant lion and unicorn. Above central 3 bays are 3 squat 3
light casements set in between the moulded scrolled brackets
supporting eaves.

Listing NGR: TF2604369848

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543519

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair