Elsham Hall

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ELSHAM B 1206 TA 01 SW (east side, off) 5/13 Elsham Hall 6/11/67 GV II* Small country house. C17 or earlier origins; late C18 east front and canted bay to south front for Thompson or Corbett family; extended to north and west in C19. Alterations and additions of 1933 by Guy Elwes for Geoffrey Elwes include west front, canted bay to south front, rendering and doorway to east front, Catholic chapel to north side, and extensive interior remodelling. C19 north service ranges largely demolished in C20. Limestone ashlar to earlier sections of south front, rendered ashlar to east front with limestone dressings, rendered brick to remainder. Westmorland slate roofs. Approximately square on plan: central east-west section with entrance hall to south and stairs and chapel to rear, flanked by wings forming east and west fronts with central entrances. East front: 3 storeys, 3:1:3 bays, with central pedimented bay breaking forward. Ashlar plinth. Central bay has rusticated ground floor and rusticated quoins above. 3 stone steps to tall round-headed entrance in deep internal porch with rusticated tunnel vault, large 2-leaf panelled outer doors and glazed inner doors beneath ornate fanlight. Single large brass hitching rings flanking entrance. 12-pane recessed sashes to right with chanelled and keyed flat arches, projecting sills and raised panels below; similar blind windows to left. First floor: central Venetian window with ashlar pilasters and central rusticated round arch flanked by moulded cornices; ornate glazing of 1933 to central light. Raised first-floor band to side bays; 12-pane sashes to right, single sash and 2 blind windows to left beneath channelled and keyed flat arches. Second floor: small central window with reeded ashlar frieze and moulded cornice above; second-floor band to side bays, 6-pane sashes with single blind window to centre left. Dentilled ashlar cornice, central pediment flanked by blocking course with central raised coped sections to side bays. Left return forms south garden front: 2-storey, 3- bay central section flanked by projecting 3-storey single-bay wings with 2- storey canted bays breaking forward. Plinth, flight of 4 steps with wrought-iron balustrade to central glazed 2-leaf door with ornate 1933 overlight in ovolo ashlar architrave. Full-length 12-pane sashes to side bays in reveals and similar architraves. First-floor band to central section; 12-pane sashes in architraves. Reeded ashlar frieze and cornice, with blocking course to central section and canted bays. Second floors of wings (C18 wing to right altered in 1933) have central 8-pane sashes flanked by pilasters and 6-pane sashes; moulded cornice, pediment above central sashes, blocking course stepped-up above pediment. Double-span swept roof to central section, hipped roofs to wings. Lateral stacks to wings. Interior. East front contains section of late C18 geometric stone staircase to second floor with scrolled wrought-iron balustrade, moulded handrail and moulded plasterwork dome with foliate centrepiece, garlands and relief panels; first-floor bedroom with dentilled cornice, chimneypiece with composition ornament; beaded-panel window shutters and doors in architraves throughout. N Pevsner and J Harris, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1978, 232-3; drawing by C Nattes, 1794, Banks Collection, Lincoln City Library; Elsham, guidebook, 1981. The Field, 17 August 1985, 48-50.

Listing NGR: TA0310812014

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Sources

Books and journals
Guidebook to Elsham Humberside, (1981)
Pevsner, N, Harris, J, Antram, N, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1989), 232-3
The Field in 17 August, (1985), 48-50

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