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Site of post-medieval manor house. This may have been the mansion built or rebuilt by Sir George St Paul (died 1613), for which John Thorpe seems to have drawn a design, perhaps replacing an earlier house just west of the church.{1}{2}{3}{4}
Building remains were noted some two hundred yards south of the Church of St Lawrence, and these most likely represented the the foundations of the 'ancient seat of the St Paul's', which was in existence by at least the middle of the 16th century, the foundations of which were described as being visible. During levelling in the 1950s, building debris, red bricks, red tiles, cut stones, churchwarden pipes and glazed pottery were recorded. Two circular stone foundations, ten feet in diameter and filled with rubble, and three cellars were also noted.{5}
The St Paul mansion has long disappeared. I was built, according to his monument in the church, by Sir George St Paul, who dies in 1613. It stood southwest of Hall Farm (17th century) and was surveyed by John Thorpe. Excavations have, however, revealed a different plan, with a front about 120 ft long, circular turrets at each end, and the doorway leading directly into a hall.{6} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1540 - 1799 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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