Sir Joseph Banks's Town House
Sir Joseph Banks's Town House, 14, 16 and 18, High Street, Horncastle, LN9 5BL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272385
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Sir Joseph Banks's Town House
- Statutory Address:
- Sir Joseph Banks's Town House, 14, 16 and 18, High Street, Horncastle, LN9 5BL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272385
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Sir Joseph Banks's Town House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Sir Joseph Banks's Town House, 14, 16 and 18, High Street, Horncastle, LN9 5BL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Sir Joseph Banks's Town House, 14, 16 and 18, High Street, Horncastle, LN9 5BL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- East Lindsey (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Horncastle
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 25924 69620
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 February 2026 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards
TF 2569
6/42
HORNCASTLE
HIGH STREET (north side)
Nos. 14, 16 and 18, Sir Joseph Banks's Town House
(Formerly listed as Nos. 14, 16 and 18 (Trustee Savings Bank Kelsey, Butchers, Poyntons Shoe Shop)
7.12.66
G.V.
II
House, now three shops with accommodation above. Mid C18, early C19, C20. Red brick. Hipped pantile roof with decorative eaves, two ridge stacks and single projecting stack to rear. Three storey, nine bay south front with first and second floor bands, and the three central bays projecting slightly with dentillated pediment above. C20 marble shop front of three bays to right. Early C19 shop front to left with central doorway with three-quarter glazed door. Flanking shop windows to the right of two-lights, to the left of plate glass, with flanking pilasters, continuous bracketed entablature above with projecting cornice. Blocked window to left with segmental head. Plain sash beyond, with segmental head. Early C19 shop front to left with canted shop window to right of three-lights in narrow angled light to right. Fielded panelling below, ornate bracketed entablature above. Doorway on south-west corner with blind overlight and deepset glazed door. Nine windows above with three glazing bar sashes to right, four plain sashes to left with two glazing bar sashes beyond. Nine small glazing bar sashes above. All the windows with segmental heads. West front of three storeys and four bays with first and second floor bands.
Early C19 canted shop window to right with three-lights flanked by single lights, fielded panelling below and bracketed entablature above. Another early C19 shop front to left with doorway to right with flanking pilasters, overlight and panelled door. Canted shop window to left with flanking pilasters, fielded panelling below and bracketed entablature above. Two glazing bar sashes above alternate with two blind panels with two smaller blind panels above, flanked by single smaller outer glazing bar sashes. All the windows and blind panels with segmental heads.
This house was once the town house of Sir Joseph Banks, botanist and explorer (1743-1820).
Source: Horncastle Town Trail. Walk One. Paragraph 12.
Listing NGR: TF2592469620
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 449408
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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