Porch House
- Date:
- 6 Jul 2002
- Location:
- Porch House, 1 Swine Hill, Harlaxton, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, NG32 1HT
- Reference:
- IOE01/07415/25
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
HARLAXTON SK8832 SWINE HILL 1315-0/14/210 (East side) 24/09/79 No.1 Porch House GV II
House. Early C19, remodelled c1830 and renovated late C20.
Coursed squared stone with brick dressings and concrete tile roof. 2 brick gable stacks with coped double flues set diagonally. Brick quoins. 2 storeys; 3 window range. Central 2 storey box framed gabled porch with rendered nogging and a 4-light wood mullioned window with diamond panes. Open lower stage covering a gable headed board door with brick surround and stone lintel. Beyond, on each floor, a 3-light stone mullioned window with brick surround. The ground floor windows are larger. At the rear, a large C20 brick buttress with round arched openings for a door and window.
This building is probably one of those rebuilt c1790-1820 by George de Ligne Gregory and remodelled in a picturesque style c1820-1840 by Gregory Gregory, successive Lords of the Manor of Harlaxton.
(The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 361-362; Rowlands G: Harlaxton Manor: Harlaxton: 1984-: 20-29).
Listing NGR: SK8853232496
This is part of the Series: IOE01/1496 IOE Records taken by Terence G Onyon; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mr Terence G. Onyon. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Onyon, Terence G.
Rights Holder: Onyon, Terence G.
Brick, Concrete, Render, Stone, Tile, Timber, Georgian House, Victorian Monument (By Form), Domestic, Dwelling
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