Caythorpe Hall
- Not to be confused with Caythorpe Court
| Caythorpe Hall | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Towards Caythorpe Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK93854888 |
| Village: | Caythorpe |
| History | |
| Built 1823 | |
| For: | George Hussey Packe by William Parsons |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
Caythorpe Hall is a country house by Caythorpe in Lincolnshire. Built in 1823, it is today a Grade II* listed building.[1] It is one of two grand houses in the village – the great house of the vllage being Caythorpe Court.
The house was built 1823 by William Parsons for Colonel George Hussey Packe, who had served with distinction as a junior officer in the 13th Light Dragoons at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and who was later to inherit the family's estates and prosper in developing such enterprises as the Great Northern Railway.
The Hussey family have a long association with Caythorpe, and previously owned a medieval moated manor house which stood in the vicinity of the present house.
The house
The house is a two-storey Regency house, built of ashlar, with a hipped slate roof with lead dressings and balanced pair of moulded stone ridge stacks. It is built in five by five bay blocks, with a Roman-style Ionic portico to the grand storey.
The east front rises to two storeys with first floor band, heavily moulded cornice and plain parapet. Five bays with centre bay recessed.
The interior has fine contemporary marble fireplaces, restrained plastered friezes and ceilings and a remarkable cantilevered staircase with openwork wrought iron balustrade in the Greek taste. The arcaded stairwell is lit by glazed rectangular lantern over with delicately plastered ceiling.
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1165323: Caythorpe Hall
- Lincs to the Past: Caythorpe Hall
- Leach, T in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology (1974)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1964; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09620-0
- National Heritage List 1165323: Caythorpe Hall
- Intervention Report: South Kesteven District Council. 2009. Caythorpe and Frieston Conservation Area Appraisal
- Intervention Report: Montague Evans. 2014. Caythorpe Hall: Planning and Heritage Statement