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Latitude: 53.2379 / 53°14'16"N
Longitude: -0.5443 / 0°32'39"W
OS Eastings: 497248
OS Northings: 372194
OS Grid: SK972721
Mapcode National: GBR FMQ.16N
Mapcode Global: WHGHZ.MW04
Plus Code: 9C5X6FQ4+57
Entry Name: Museum of Lincolnshire Life
Listing Date: 15 August 1973
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1388474
English Heritage Legacy ID: 485919
ID on this website: 101388474
Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1
County: Lincolnshire
District: Lincoln
Electoral Ward/Division: Carholme
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lincoln
Traditional County: Lincolnshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire
Church of England Parish: Lincoln St Nicholas
Church of England Diocese: Lincoln
Tagged with: Barracks Museum building
LINCOLN
SK9772SW BURTON ROAD
1941-1/6/53 (West side)
15/08/73 Museum of Lincolnshire Life
GV II
Militia barracks armoury and store; now a museum. 1857, by
Henry Goddard, County Surveyor; converted, and south west
range remodelled, late C20. Brick with stone dressings and
hipped slate roofs. Castellated style.
PLAN: single-depth, 2-section plan with through archway to a
rectangular courtyard.
EXTERIOR: east front, 5 bays, has a projecting machicolated
centre with a segmental pointed archway and rusticated guard
stones, flanked by lower walls, each with 4 crossed rifle
slits. Beyond, square corner towers with stepped
crenellations. Similar rear elevation. Around the courtyard,
single storey buildings with corbelled eaves and similar
crenellated corner towers. North and south sides have a
central plain opening.
INTERIOR: not inspected but reported to have a fireproof
construction of jack arches and cast-iron posts.
HISTORY: built following the 1852 Militia Reform act as a
secure store for the North Lincolnshire Militia, and a pair to
that at Grantham for the South Lincs Militia. Intended to
provide a defensible base and centre for recruitment to meet
the county's quota of militia recruits, and in a consciously
historical style to achieve that end.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-:
507).
Listing NGR: SK9724872194
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