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Description: | DOWSBY HALL IS A MOATED STONE MANSION BUILT BETWEEN 1603 AND 1610, AND SOMEWHAT REDUCED IN SIZE, POSSIBLY IN THE 18TH CENTURY.{1}{2}{3}{4}{5} DOWSBY HALL IS ONE HALF OF THE ORIGINAL LARGE MANSION (THE SOUTH WALL IS UNRELIEVED FACING STONE); THERE IS A TRADITION OF CROMWELLIAN DESTRUCTION. A RAINWATER HEAD DATED 1630 SURVIVES. SEE APs AO:65:31:2 AND 3. THERE ARE POSSIBLE REMAINS OF A SURROUNDING MOAT BUT SLIGHT DEPRESSIONS ARE DISTINGUISHABLE FROM LANDSCAPE GARDENING. AN OLD DROVE ROAD LIES IMMEDIATELY EAST.{1} THE PROBLEM PRESENTED BY DOWSBY IS S FRONT, THIS IS ENTIRELY BLANK WALL AND MOST UNUSUAL IF HOUSE HAS NOT BEEN TRUNCATED, POSSIBLY IN THE 18TH CENTURY. {5}{6} | Subjects: | General Archaeology Building | Temporal: | 1600 - 1699 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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