Hougham Manor

In the civil parish of Hougham.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

Moated manor house, early C13, C15, C16, with C19 and C20 additions. The house may have included a chapel. The current Manor House at Hougham was built c. 1620 and has an early Georgian refacing. Inside there is a large triple respond, possibly C13 or earlier and apparently in situ. Also there are traces of three Perpendicular windows, probably of a former chapel. The de Busseys held this moated manor house and an oratory was licensed in 1405. The moat surrounding the manor house was visible as earthworks and mapped from good quality air photographs. It survives on three sides to the south, west and east of the house, forming an enclosure 70m wide.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

listed building

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The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK88824418

PastScape number; 323988

Web site links

http://www.roffe.freeserve.co.uk/earthworks/moats/hougham.htm

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p179
Pevsner, Nikolaus and John Harris; revised by Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Harmondsworth) p399

Journal Articles

White, A.J., 1979-82, East Midland Archaeological Bulletin Vol13 p15

Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)

Roberts, D.L., unpublished M.A. Thesis

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Hougham Manor

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK88824418

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