Description

BAGWORTH THE HOLLOW, Thornton
SK 40 NE Lane (off)
3/54 Bagworth Park Farm-
house

- II

Farmhouse. c1800 with C19 alterations. Red brick with Swithland slate roof,
and pairs of octagonal gable stacks. Chamfered blue brick plinth and dentilated
eaves. 3 storey. South front, 3 bays with slightly projecting central bay.
Projecting gabled C19 porch with double, half-glazed doors in reeded surround.
Eitherside single inpartite plain sashes. Above a central plain sash flanked by
single inpartite plain sashes all these windows have segment headed wedge
lintel. Above again a smaller central sash, flanked by small inpartite sashes,
all with wooden lintels. To right a single storey C19, lean-to conservation or
vine house. Rear walling incorporates fragments of an older house. This house
stands moated on the site of the great house in Bagworth Park. It was held by
the Earl of Mellent at the Conquest and belonged to the Bishop of Durham in
1310. In 1472 Lord William Hastings was granted a licence to crenellate the
house. It was garrisoned for Charles I and completely devastated in the Civil
War.

Listing NGR: SK4543208657

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26336182

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments