Scrivelsby Court

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Scrivelsby Hall

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

Mid to late C16 gatehouse to the demolished Scrivelsby Hall which was demolished in 1955. The gatehouse comprises two storeys and is linear in plan, and consists a central range over the gateway with ranges adjoining to the north and south. Scrivelsby Hall was a thick walled building and site of possible castle. Was manorial centre though village has now gone as result of park landscaping. This was the home of the Dymokes, the hereditary Champions of the Crown of England since 1350.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

listed building

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The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF27006603

PastScape number; 352724

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p59
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p292
Pevsner, Nikolaus and John Harris; revised by Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Harmondsworth) p355
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p265 [possible]
RCHME, 1963, Monuments threatened or destroyed: a select list: 1956-1962 (HMSO) p7, 49
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p229

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/lincseng.html#lincs22]

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Scrivelsby Court

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF27006603

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