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Description: | IT WAS PROBABLY BUILT IN THE EARLY C17. IT WAS DESCRIBED IN 1672 AS 'HANDSOME', WITH OUTHOUSES, DOVECOTES, STABLES, BARNS, ORCHARDS, WALLED GARDENS AND A SMALL PARK. IT BECAME RUINED IN THE LATE C18. C18 FARMHOUSE IS SAID TO HAVE INCORPORATED WALLS OF SCAMPTON HALL. ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE HALL NOW IS AN ELABORATE STONE ARCHED GATEWAY OF EARLY C17 DATE. TO THE NORTH EAST OF THE ARCHWAY THE STONE FOUNDATIONS OF SUBSTANTIAL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN TRUNCATED BY A MODERN FENCE AND DYKE. A GREAT MANY ALTERATIONS WERE ALSO CARRIED OUT BY CAYLEY ILLINGWORTH. {1}{2} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1540 - 1790 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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