The Old Court House
THE OLD COURT HOUSE, KING EDWARD STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346810
- Date first listed:
- 07-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Court House
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD COURT HOUSE, KING EDWARD STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346810
- Date first listed:
- 07-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Court House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD COURT HOUSE, KING EDWARD STREET
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:
- THE OLD COURT HOUSE, KING EDWARD STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Kirton in Lindsey
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 93799 98803
Details
SK 9298-9398 KIRTON IN LINDSEY KING EDWARD STREET (north side)
8/17 The Old Court House -
GV II
Manor Court House. Mid-late C18 for the Prince of Wales as head of Duchy of Cornwall. Converted to 2 dwellings late C19: first floor inserted, windows partially blocked and stacks rebuilt. Red brick in Flemish bond with ashlar dressings. Slate roof, brick stacks. Classical style. Rectangular plan: 3-bay front, 4 bay returns. 2 storeys with basement. Stepped plinth of squared limestone with ashlar above. Entrance to right: steps to pair of recessed part-glazed late C19 doors in raised ashlar surround with plain entablature, cornice and slightly projecting hood. Similar blind opening to right. Tall recessed central panel with round-headed keyed arch containing 16-pane sash in flush wooden architrave set in round-headed recess with rubbed brick arch. Rectangular plaque above with plain recessed panel. Pedimented gable with boldly-moulded ashlar cornice. Pair of massive axial stacks with decorative brick bands. Left return, facing The Green, has 8-pane sliding basement sashes, plain ashlar band interrupted by large 12-pane sashes under flat arches, and round-headed first floor unequal sashes with glazing bars, all with stone cills and rubbed-brick arches. Cornice and gutter on wrought-iron brackets. Rear has door to left in panelled reveal with radial fanlight, cornice and hood, first floor band and bricked-up Venetian window with recessed round-arched central panel. Drawing by C L Nattes, 1794, in Lincoln City and County Library; H A Fisher, The History of Kirton in Lindsey, 1981, pp 124-5.
Listing NGR: SK9379898802
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 165718
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Fisher, H A, The History of Kirton in Lindsey, (1981), 124-125
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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