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To the south of the priory church at South Kyme there are the earthwork remains of a moated enclosure, which surrounded a medieval manor house. The earthworks were still said to be holding water in 1856. Near the centre of the moat stand the remains of a fortified manor house built by the Umfravilles in the mid-fourteenth century, including a fortified tower, which is extant. {5}{7}
The site may also have been the location of the pre-Conquest manor of Earl Morcar, close to the possible site of the suggested early monastic foundation. By the time of the Domesday Book the estate was in the hands of the King, and subsequently it passed to the Kyme family, and they held it as a demesne manor until it was acquired by the Umfraville family. Consequently the moat may be earlier than the fourteenth century manor house. {6}
The tower at South Kyme is a fine piece of architecture, 23 metres high, almost square and built in approximately 1340, of Barnack stone. It consists of a basement storey, vaulted with eight chamfered ribs converging to an octagonal cusped panel in the centre serving as a boss. Above are three other rooms reached by a staircase in the turret, which is covered with carved stone vaulting. The tower is the last above ground remains of a baronial mansion with four towers and an inner court. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1}{2}{3}{8}
In Leland's time there was a 'goodly house and parke', but the castle was pulled down between 1720 and 1725, and the material used to build several farmhouses. Chimney pieces were bought for Blankney Hall. {9} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1340 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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