Sockburn hall, sockburn, county durham after suffering from significant deterioration both inside and out, the house has now been bought and repaired by a local businessman to a high standard. Scraptoft hall is a queen anne mansion that stands in its own grounds and adjoins the church. Leicestershire archaeological and historical society, promoting the study of history, archaeology, antiquities and architecture of leicestershire. You can read about the lancaster crash at scraptoft to see one young persons world war ii experience. Beeby road, le7 has 46 properties on it with a current average value of. Both thurnby and bushby are probably described under stoughton in domesday book. Scraptoft hall originated as an early c17 manor house. The college merged with leicester polytechnic in 1975.
The village is the site of various historic buildings including scraptoft hall, which is a grade ii listed building. Uk country houses at risk now lost heritage englands. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and. Scraptoft was recorded in the domesday book as scrapentot. South lawns at scraptoft hall, the grounds of the beautiful 18th century mansion, is the first phase of 24 stunning detached and semidetached houses within the grounds of the beautiful 18th century mansion, scraptoft hall.
Property details for hall farm barn beeby road scraptoft. The gates of the hall are featured on the prospectus cover. Scraptoft campus leicester poly scraptoft campus, church hill, le7 9fs leicester, united kingdom rated 4. The hall was built in 1723, based on a previous 17thcentury house, for the widow of sir edward wigley. City of leicester training college for teachers archives hub. Look inside this 5bed based in grounds of scraptoft hall. History of scraptoft, in harborough and leicestershire map. The lee family is fascinating, and youll learn a lot about many other founding fathers as well. This freehold detached house is located at hall farm, beeby road, scraptoft, leicester le7 9sj and has an estimated current value of. In early november, jon wilkins, editor of exhausting a place in leicester, came along to the library with several of his contributors, to talk about his book and to entertain us with readings of prose and poetry. In 1954 the hall and extensive grounds were sold to leicester education committee, who converted it into a teachers training college. The city of leicester college of education was based in scraptoft hall.
Jan 31, 2009 scraptoft hall is a queen anne mansion that stands in its own grounds and adjoins the church. Scraptoft hall, scraptoft 1061724 historic england. In 1954 the council bought scraptoft hall with the surrounding 44 acres of land. It lies north of the a47 road out east of leicester, and runs directly into the built up area of thurnby and bushby to the south. The memorial homes for disabled leicestershire exservicemen in hamilton road, opened in 1957. Scraptoft hall is a former georgian country house in the village of scraptoft, leicestershire.
It was held by coventry abbey, and had increased in value from 2 shillings at the time of the norman conquest to 40 shillings in 1086. Screen, gate, gate piers and walls at scraptoft hall. The hall itself is the finest examples of georgian hall architecture in the country and has been fully restored to. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of leicestershire, with links to subprojects for specific buildings as appropriate.
Scraptoft was recorded in the domesday book as scrapentot, part of gartree wapentake. The hall was a queen anne manor house which was converted into offices, while new buildings were added on the grounds including an assembly hall, dining hall, library, kitchen, main teaching block, arts and crafts block, music pavilion, gymnasium, administration. Before this is was part of the gardens of scaptoft hall which still stands today which was. Property details for hall farm beeby road scraptoft leicester. Report scraptoft hall, leicestershire residential sites. It was enlarged and completely remodelled by lady laetitia wigley whose initials and the date 1723 were included on a rainwater head on the rear elevation this has since been removed. The setting to the hall is provided by scraptoft church, a grade i listed building in its own right and the clairevoie which protects the open view of the hall from the west through the iconic screen gates. The mount has been described as a timber castle but is rejected as such. Scraptoft hall, leicestershire now restored as apartments. Gb historical gis university of portsmouth, history of scraptoft, in harborough and leicestershire map and description, a vision of britain through time. It was enlarged and completely remodelled by lady laetitia wigley whose initials and the date 1723 were included on a rainwater head on the rear elevation. Nov 23, 2012 this association between humberstone and hubba was also observed by kendall in his book humberstone. A village hall for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of scraptoft.
Very little information exists about the medieval economic history of the townships. Halls in the surrounding area venues for hire really near within 1 mile of scraptoft venues for hire near within 5 miles of scraptoft show me venues for hire within 10 miles of scraptoft show me venues for hire within 25 miles of scraptoft. Beeby road has 46 properties on it with an average current value of. I read it from cover to cover the first time, gave my copy away, and bought it again to devour a second time and keep for my own. Attendance at this event was a bit disappointing, but actually it was really lovely. This adjoins scraptoft hall, which is a queen anne mansion standing in its own grounds, overlooking a small lake and framed by a background of trees. The pub was built in the late 1920s from stone salvaged from the 17th century normanton hall, in rutland, which had fallen into disrepair and been demolished. Scraptoft is a village in leicestershire, england that is effectively a suburb of leicester. Halls for hire within 10 miles of scraptoft, leicestershire. A grade ii listed building, it has since been converted to apartments the hall was built in 1723, based on a previous 17thcentury house, for the widow of sir edward wigley. City of leicester college of education prospectus 1968. The suburbs of leicester, which had already engulfed humberstone, began to extend into scraptoft by the 1930s. At a public meeting in october 1869 a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen decided to organise a school which would be able to afford authoritative instruction in art to the people of leicester.
Scraptoft hall, scraptoft, leicestershire british listed buildings. Scraptoft hall is a former georgian country house in the village of scraptoft, leicestershire, england. The white house is a wetherspoon pub in leicester, leicestershire. Scraptoft hall is a stone mansion and was the residence of alexander c. A beautiful house built by james wyatt in 1798 which. Scattered farms include scraptoft lodge in the northeast of the parish, scraptoft hill farm in the southeast, and snows lodge in the west. If youre interested in the history of tidewater virginia in its early days, this book cant be beat. The scraptoft village hall s charitable objectives. We have facilities for children to eat with their friends in the hall or outside at picnic tables if the weather is fine. The register booke of the parishe churche of scraptoft wthin the archediaconrye of leicester and deanrye of gartrie, wherein is sett downe the names of all married, christened, and buried accordyng to a constitution or acte of parliament mayd for that purpose, and straitlye commanded to be observed and dulye to be kepte. This property is located at hall farm barn, beeby road, scraptoft, leicester le7 9sj and has an estimated current value of. A series of eighteenthcentury wallpapers from scraptoft hall, leicestershire by j.
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